UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, Feb. 2 — As a result of Russian attacks on Feb. 2, consumers in the Kharkiv, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, and Cherkasy regions are without power, said Artem Nekrasov, the first deputy of the Minister of Energy of Ukraine.

Earlier, Donald Trump said that he personally asked Russian President Vladimir Putin not to attack Ukrainian energy infrastructure for a week because of the cold weather, and he, according to Russia, agreed to a “pause” until Feb. 1.

The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke about Trump’s involvement in “providing security for Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities.”

On Feb. 1, Russian forces resumed their attacks on energy infrastructure.

Nekrasov reported about a Russian drone attack on a bus with workers of one of the energy companies near the mine in Ternivka, Dnipropetrovsk region, killing 12 and injuring 7 people.

Over the past day, Russian forces attacked Kharkiv and five settlements in the region with 32 drones of different types, reported the governor Oleh Syniehubov.

Russian attacks injured two women, 20 and 52, and damaged a house, two shops, and two cars in Khotimlia village in the Chuhuiv district.

In Kharkiv, Russian drones damaged an apartment building and two cars.

The governor added that Russians damaged two houses, power networks, and a car in the Kupiansk district and destroyed a bus stop in the Bohodukhiv district.

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