Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Moscow was “hesitating” about another round of U.S.-brokered talks on stopping the fighting.

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Russia launched a ballistic missile strike on Ukraine's capital overnight, hitting a house and injuring two people.

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Russia is ramping up pressure along the front lines and intensifying bombardments of Ukraine. An increasing share of strikes using ballistic missiles and drones is hitting critical infrastructure. All of this calls into question Moscow’s statements about wanting to make peace, a senior NATO official told The Insider at a meeting of alliance defense ministers in Brussels. “Russian forces are taking colossal losses - more than 1 million people since 2022 [killed or severely wounded]. It took Russia more than 20 months to advance [just] 50 km beyond Bakhmut. That’s less than 100 meters a day. But despite limited progress, Russia is striking critical infrastructure with growing frequency. There are no signs of these attacks slowing,” said another NATO military officer. NATO officials say the aim of such strikes is to “deprive [Ukrainian] civilians of electricity and heat, as well as public transport used in residential areas. As we can see every day, the number of Russian missile and drone attacks in rear areas has steadily increased since 2025.” A new round of Russia-Ukraine talks has yet to be scheduled. Skepticism about negotiations was shared by other participants at the meeting. According to Mediazona and the BBC’s Russian Service , as of early February, 173,477 Russian service members killed in the war with Ukraine have been identified by name, not counting losses among residents of the occupied “DPR” and “LPR” through the end of 2022. The project estimates the total number of Russian dead could range from 288,000 to 409,000. Back in mid-January, U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO Matthew Whitaker said in a public appearance that Russia and Ukraine had moved closer to a peace agreement “than ever before.” After that, an “energy truce” was announced: a mutual halt to strikes on energy infrastructure that was supposed to last a week but in practice held for just three days. Since then, Russia has continued to hit Ukraine’s energy infrastructure - for example, on February 9 at least five artillery strikes were recorded against the Kherson thermal power plant.

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Russia launched a barrage of ballistic missiles and drones at Ukrainian cities in overnight attacks, officials reported on Thursday as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Moscow was “hesitating” about another round of U.S.-brokered talks on stopping the fighting.