Drone strikes and power cuts leave Ukrainian civilians exposed during record cold

Russian strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure and population centers coincided with a nationwide cold snap on Feb. 2, the TV program "Главная" reported, leaving hundreds of homes without heat and civilians dead or injured.

The broadcast described a drone (shahed) attack on a bus of miners returning from a shift that "12 человек погибли, еще 16 ранены," the newscast said. Reporter Alexey Prodaivoda and Ministry of Defense adviser Sergey Beskrestanov (call sign "Flesh") said the first drone struck near the bus, the driver lost control and a second drone then targeted people fleeing the wreckage; the program quoted an on‑air narrator calling the incident "это очередной факт терроризма." The presenters attributed the description of operators as having "100%" seen and recognized the target as civilian to the defense adviser.

Energy company DTEK reported a repeated strike on a coal facility in Dnipropetrovsk oblast, and the program said a drone strike hit a maternity hospital in Zaporizhzhia, starting a fire and wounding three people. An eyewitness in the ward described hearing the impact and seeing ordnance enter the delivery area: "В тот момент я захожу на кровати, услышала звук… Посмотрела в окно, а [снаряд] начало спускаться прямо на пологовий," the broadcast quoted the woman.

Officials reported emergency rolling blackouts across Kyiv and other regions to protect the grid after damage to plants and substations. The Ministry of Energy told the program that outages and controlled shutdowns were intended "to preserve the integrity of the energy system and avoid the most costly consequences." The newscast said roughly 200 Kyiv homes remained without heating on the morning of Feb. 2 and cited widespread equipment damage from unstable voltage.

The program also listed other overnight attacks: shelling in Cherkassy and Kherson with several wounded and an airdropped bomb in Donetsk region that destroyed a private house and killed family members.

The broadcast closed the segment noting Kyiv has described the attacks and the humanitarian strain they are causing; no formal ceasefire or timetable for full energy restoration was given on air.

The reporting relied on on‑the‑ground eyewitness accounts, statements from Ukrainian officials and an energy company, and on‑air interviews. Further independent verification of each reported incident is not included in the broadcast excerpt.