Overview
- Ukraine’s military intelligence said a sabotage team destroyed three lines of the Koltsevoy fuel pipeline near the Ramensky district outside Moscow, calling it a serious blow to Russian logistics; the claim has not been confirmed by Russian authorities.
- Ukraine’s commander-in-chief said consolidated Special Operations Forces are operating in Pokrovsk and that the city is not encircled, while Russia’s Defense Ministry asserted Ukrainian troops have begun surrendering and that a special forces group was defeated; the opposing claims could not be independently verified.
- Russian strikes across multiple Ukrainian regions killed and injured civilians, including a ballistic missile attack on Mykolaiv that local officials said left at least one dead and more than a dozen wounded, as authorities reported damage to energy and civilian infrastructure.
- The IAEA reported military activity that damaged power substations linked to the South Ukraine and Khmelnitskyi nuclear plants and noted power reductions at Rivne, prompting Ukraine’s foreign ministry to denounce such attacks as ‘nuclear terrorism.’
- Ukrainian officials and AFP-cited data said October saw the highest monthly tally of Russian missiles since early 2023, and Kyiv’s foreign minister told Reuters that Russia has used the ground‑launched 9M729 cruise missile in Ukraine since August.