By Yuliia Dysa and Alina Smutko KYIV, Feb 7 (Reuters) - When the Davydenko family woke up shivering through the night in their winter coats and hats, buried under several layers of duvets, they knew it was time to abandon their apartment in Kyiv.

This is Kateryna Hodunova reporting from Kyiv on day 1,444 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today's top story: Ukraine launched three offensive operations in 2025, including one in the

Russia launched a massive air attack on Ukrainian energy facilities overnight on Saturday, targeting electricity generation and distribution, Kyiv said.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia breached its commitment to hold off on energy infrastructure attacks for a week when it launched a major assault on Ukraine overnight.

The Ukrainian capital city is expecting just 4-6 hours of electricity a day in February after relentless Russian strikes decimated key power plants and substations.

Ukraine is claiming a rare, largely bloodless victory in its war with Russia after a sweeping shutdown of battlefield Starlink terminals used by Russian forces. Kyiv officials say the blackout shattered Moscow’s ability to coordinate units,

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy acknowledges air force performance is “unsatisfactory” amid escalating Russian drone barrages targeting civilian infrastructure. Russia’s repeated attacks on Ukraine’s power grid have left over 1,200 Kyiv residential buildings without heat during freezing winter conditions.

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.