Putin waits until Kyiv hits -20C before knocking out power with missiles & FIFA president calls for lifting Russia sports ban

Day 1,440.


Today, as Ukrainians endure temperatures of minus -20 degrees
Celsius and Russia marks the end of its so-called “energy
ceasefire” with a new mass aerial attack, we ask what is stopping
Donald Trump from simply urging Vladimir Putin to spare Ukraine’s
energy infrastructure for another week. We report on NATO
Secretary General Mark Rutte’s address to Ukraine’s parliament,
examining what he meant by the “difficult choices” Kyiv may face
in pursuit of peace. And later, with the START nuclear treaty due
to expire this month, Adélie speaks to two researchers about
nuclear signalling – and how to interpret what Moscow and
Washington really mean behind their public statements.


Contributors


Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence).
@DomNicholls on X.


Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley
on X.


Adélie Pojzman-Pontay (Journalist and Producer). @adeliepjz on X.


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CONTENT REFERENCED:


Frontline Club event in London on Wednesday:


https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/screening-qa-kharkiv-war-diaries-tickets-1979708915659 


Maiu Sandu Interview:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRnZUTGo1MI 


Putin waits until Kyiv hits -20C before knocking out power with
missiles (The Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/02/03/putin-kyiv-power-coldest-temperature-missile-drone-attack/ 


EU demands Britain pays fee to join weapons fund (The Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/02/02/eu-demands-britain-pays-fee-to-join-weapons-fund/ 


Ukraine agrees multi-tier plan for enforcing any ceasefire with
Russia (The Telegraph):


https://www.ft.com/content/0f26d56d-98cd-4999-8908-4a851a2de773 


Russia’s Nuclear Signaling in the War Against Ukraine: A
Chronology of the Biden Era, (Peace Research Center Prague):


https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a1448b4d0e62862b5a5a0e7/t/693eaa34207a1646b8b562aa/1765714484234/Horovitz_Smetana_et_al-Russia_Nuclear_Signalling_Chronology_Dec25_SMALL.pdf 


Barack Obama’s X Post:


https://x.com/BarackObama/status/2018323947230540249 


Napoleon stopped short soldiers from being sacked (The
Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/02/02/napoleon-bonaparte-stopped-short-soldiers-being-sacked/


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