U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff calls Ukraine and Russia's exchange of 314 prisoners "tangible progress," but acknowledges a lot of work left to end the war.

The Ukrainian Defense Ministry said there has been a “cut off” of Russia’s Starlink terminals in Ukraine, which it claims has disrupted Russian military communications on Thursday.

Ukraine claims a bold deep strike inside Russian territory, targeting one of Moscow’s most sensitive missile facilities — the Kapustin Yar test range. According to Kyiv, Ukrainian forces hit pre-launch hangars linked to Russia’s nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile system using long-range FP-5 “Flamingo” cruise missiles.

U.S., Russian and Ukrainian negotiators are back around a table for a second round of technical talks, but in Kyiv, Russian bombs bring suffering and skepticism.

KYIV, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Starlink internet terminals used by the Russian military on the battlefield in Ukraine have been deactivated, Ukraine said on Thursday, in what one official described as a "disaster" for Moscow that had disrupted its assault operations in many areas.