Russians shell Kherson center, one person wounded
Russians shelled the Central district of Kherson, wounding a 50-year-old woman.
31 October 2025
Russians shelled the Central district of Kherson, wounding a 50-year-old woman.
Authorities in several regions of Russia on Friday reported drone attacks, including strikes on a combined heat and power plant in the city of Oryol and an electrical substation in the Vladimir region.
Russian invaders killed eight and wounded 18 residents of the Donetsk region over the past day, October 30.
On the evening of October 30, Russian troops struck Sloviansk in the Donetsk region with guided bombs, reportedly wounding one person.
Fifteen people, including four children, were injured in Sumy as a result of a Russian attack with strike drones on the evening of Thursday, October 30.
Defense Forces destroyed one Iskander-M ballistic missile and 107 drones used by the Russian army to attack Ukraine on the night of Friday, October 31. Thirty-six enemy UAVs were spotted hitting 20 locations.
On the night of October 31, the Russian army attacked railway infrastructure in the Sumy and Kharkiv regions.
Ukrainian forces engaged in 132 combat clashes with Russian invaders on October 30.
Russian forces used drones, artillery, and aircraft to strike 45 settlements across the Kherson region over the past 24 hours, killing one person and injuring seven others.
On October 30, Russian forces carried out 673 attacks on 19 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Russia suffered approximately 1,141,830 casualties in Ukraine between February 24, 2022 and October 31, 2025, with 970 soldiers killed or wounded in the past 24 hours.
In October, nearly 400 people were evacuated from the Donetsk region and provided with free accommodation in safer parts of Ukraine, including 137 people with limited mobility.
In Sumy, a Russian drone attack struck residential buildings and infrastructure facilities, leaving several people injured.
In southern Ukraine, drone operators have destroyed Russian equipment and communication systems.
Operators of a combat group from the 73rd Naval Center of the Ukrainian Special Operations Forces (SOF) demonstrated how they mine the enemy’s logistics routes deep in enemy rear areas.
Across Russia, cell sites and communications equipment belonging to local mobile operators continue to be set on fire.
In Donetsk region, 15,700 civilians remain in areas of active fighting, with no children among them.
30 October 2025
Fighters from the Phoenix unmanned aerial systems unit of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine destroyed a Russian BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher, two tanks, and around 50 enemy troops near Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region.
Russian troops attacked Malokaterynivka in the Zaporizhzhia region using an FPV drone. Two men were injured.
A few hours ago, Russian forces bombed the Sloviansk Thermal Power Plant (TPP) in the Donetsk region, killing two people.
President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that next year Russia could lose at least $50 billion due to American and European sanctions against Russian oil companies. Ukraine is already cooperating with the European Union to strengthen these sanctions in the upcoming 20th package.
The situation in the area of responsibility of the Kursk Group of Forces remains stable and under the control of Ukrainian forces, with some Ukrainian units continuing to hold positions on Russian territory.
Russian invaders killed two and wounded nine residents of the Donetsk region during the day on October 30.
Russian troops attacked the Nikopol and Synelnykove districts with drones and artillery throughout the day. Three people were wounded.
Russians attacked the Kherson region with artillery, mortars, and drones throughout the day, killing one man, injuring five, and damaging private and apartment buildings, a medical facility, warehouses, a store, and cars.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed two laws extending the duration of martial law in Ukraine and the period of general mobilization.
A TV tower has been damaged in Chernihiv as a result of a strike by Russian troops, and people are being urged to stay at least 200 meters away from the structure.
President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that it is crucial to involve China in exerting pressure on Russia to force the aggressor to end the war.
In the temporarily occupied part of the Luhansk region, power supply has been cut off, reportedly due to serious damage at the only thermal power plant in the so-called Luhansk People's Republic (LPR), located in the city of Shchastia.
On October 29, Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Sergiy Boyev arrived in Romania to discuss the potential for developing military-technical cooperation between the two countries.