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Ukraine Repels Majority of Mass Air Assault as Battles Intensify Around Pokrovsk

Power networks in several regions suffered major damage despite high interception rates.

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.