Ukrainians Defy Russia’s Attempts to Freeze Them Into Submission (1)

Feb. 4, 2026, 11:22 AM UTC

Since the power went out in the depths of the Ukrainian winter, Mariia Kozhenko puts her two children to sleep at night inside a tent set up on the bed of their Kyiv apartment to try to keep warm.

She’s one of millions of Ukrainians struggling to survive Russia’s missile and drone onslaught in a grim contest for advantage as US-brokered peace talks resumed on Wednesday. “We have nowhere to go,” said Kozhenko, who’s 41.

Russia on Tuesday shattered a brief pause in its attacks on energy infrastructure in Kyiv and other major Ukrainian cities, firing the largest number of ...

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