War update: 132 clashes on front lines in past 24 hours
Ukrainian forces engaged in 132 combat clashes with Russian invaders on October 30.
31 October 2025
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.
Ukrainian Energy Minister Svitlana Grynchuk met with IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi during her visit to Canada.
In the temporarily occupied Crimea, the use of Telegram and WhatsApp has been restricted. Local residents are being advised to install the Russian messenger app Max.
A court has sentenced the former commander of the Kyiv Berkut regiment in absentia to ten years in prison and ordered him to pay nearly UAH 680,000 in damages to the state.
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 Kharkiv, counterintelligence officers of the Security Service of Ukraine preemptively detained an agent of Russia’s Federal Security Service who was making an improvised explosive device and planning to detonate it.
30 October 2025
Dutch Foreign Minister David van Weel announced that the Netherlands will contribute EUR 10 million to the UK's cyber support program for Ukraine.
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.
The American subsidiary of Rheinmetall has received a $31 million contract from the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences to support a project demonstrating rapid damage assessment and repair of Bradley infantry fighting vehicles.
Russian troops attacked Malokaterynivka in the Zaporizhzhia region using an FPV drone. Two men were injured.
Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister for Restoration and Minister for Communities and Territories Development, Oleksii Kuleba, and Slovenia's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Tanja Fajon, have signed a memorandum of cooperation between the two countries on the restoration and development of communities.
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.
Propagandists created a deepfake video to discredit the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Russian invaders killed two and wounded nine residents of the Donetsk region during the day on October 30.
A large oil slick has been spotted off the western coast of temporarily occupied Crimea.
On Friday, October 31, electricity usage restrictions will be applied around the clock in all regions of Ukraine.
In Kremenchuk, two soldiers from the Territorial Center for Recruitment and Social Support suffered gunshot wounds while performing their duties.
Russian troops attacked the Nikopol and Synelnykove districts with drones and artillery throughout the day. Three people were wounded.
According to the Belarusian opposition, there may be more than 500 such enterprises in Belarus
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.