Overview
- Ukraine's Air Force reported neutralizing 623 of 705 drones and missiles launched overnight on Oct. 29–30, with 16 missiles and 63 drones recorded as direct hits across 20 locations.
- Energy officials said more than 670 settlements lost electricity in Vinnytsia, Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions after the strikes on generation and grid assets.
- The General Staff logged 132 ground engagements on Oct. 30, including 48 assaults on the Pokrovsk axis, as Commander Oleksandr Syrskyi rejected claims of a blockade and said Russian infantry is dispersing within urban areas.
- Ukrainian special units confirmed strikes on fuel depots in occupied Crimea, igniting large fires at facilities used to supply Russian forces near Simferopol and in Gvardijske.
- Ukraine's security service detained in Kyiv a UK citizen accused of working for Russia's FSB, while Russian regional authorities reported drone attacks on a TPP in Oryol and an electrical substation near Vladimir.