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30 October 2025
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi met with the commanders of army corps, military units, and formations holding back Russian assaults in the Pokrovsk sector of the front.
Russian troops carried out a multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) strike on the town of Sloviansk in Donetsk region, killing three civilians.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that during another large-scale combined attack on Ukraine, Russia used more than 650 drones and over 50 missiles of various types.
In Zaporizhzhia, rescuers have found the body of another person under the rubble of a dormitory that was partially destroyed in a Russian nighttime attack.
During the night of October 30, Ukrainian air defenses intercepted 623 drones and missiles out of 705 launched by Russia since the evening of October 29. There were direct hits from 16 missiles and 63 strike drones recorded at 20 locations.
A massive Russian missile and drone attack on the Vinnytsia region left four adults and a seven-year-old child injured and damaged civilian and critical infrastructure.
On the Carpathian foothills, Russian troops launched a massive strike on critical infrastructure in the morning. No information about casualties has been received yet.
The consequences of the evening enemy artillery strike on the city center were shown in Kherson; houses and an educational institution were damaged.
In Zaporizhzhia, the number of people injured as a result of Russia’s overnight combined attack has risen to 15.
In the Vinnytsia region, Ladyzhyn was left without heat and water due to Russian shelling, and the city is preparing to launch an alternative heat and water supply system.
In Zaporizhzhia, the number of people injured in the Russian combined attack has increased to 13.
On the morning of October 30, Russian invaders struck Kramatorsk in the Donetsk region with Iskander missile systems, damaging houses.
Ukrainian Defense Forces engaged in 172 clashes with Russian troops over the past day, with 55 of them occurring on the Pokrovsk front. Heightened enemy activity was also observed in the Kupiansk, Lyman, and Kostiantynivka sectors of the front.
The total combat losses of Russian forces in manpower from February 24, 2022, to October 30, 2025, have reached approximately 1,140,860, with 960 eliminated in the past 24 hours.
Russian forces launched a missile strike on Dnipro, hitting an industrial enterprise.
The number of people injured in Zaporizhzhia as a result of a combined Russian attack has risen to 11, including six children aged up to six years old.
In Kyiv region, a Russian drone attack left a woman injured and caused fires as well as damage to residential buildings and vehicles.
Fighters of the 5th Separate Assault Kyiv Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine used FPV drones to destroy two Russian artillery guns and a self-propelled howitzer.
A Russian strike on Zaporizhzhia hit a dormitory, destroying several floors of the building.
In the Kherson region, Ukrainian defenders destroyed a Russian Osa surface-to-air missile system.
At the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russian forces deliberately "signed" their spoofing operations so that the falsified GPS coordinates on maps would form the letter Z.
Agents of the partisan movement ATESH set fire to a relay cabinet in the temporarily occupied town of Tokmak, Zaporizhzhia region, which controlled train traffic for Russian forces along a critically important route.
29 October 2025
Ukraine expressed gratitude to Turkey for its defense assistance and stated that it expects Ankara to become one of the key contributors to security guarantees and to join the PURL (Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List) initiative for the purchase of American weapons.
The foreign ministers of the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden) and New Zealand issued a joint statement condemning Russia's aggression against Ukraine and reaffirming their steadfast support for Kyiv.
President Volodymyr Zelensky discussed the situation at the front and the planning of long-range operations with the Commander-in-Chief and the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
During an air raid alert, Russian troops attacked the Zaporizhzhia district, including the Bilenke community.
Ukraine is preparing new sanctions targeting Russia's military-industrial complex.
Crews of the 429th Separate Unmanned Systems Regiment Achilles used drones to strike three tanks and one armored vehicle belonging to the Russian invaders.
Ukraine’s National Guard fighters, in coordination with neighboring army units, captured two Russian soldiers in the Pokrovsk sector.
In the populated areas of Donetsk region where the mandatory evacuation of families with children is underway, 575 families remain, raising 701 children.