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Russian forces attacked Ukraine overnight on October 30 with strike drones, ballistic missiles and air-launched missiles. Ukrainian air defenses intercepted or suppressed most of the incoming targets, but several impacts were recorded.
The Ukrainian Air Force reported the attack.
Russia launched:
- Iskander-M, S-400 and KN-23 ballistic missiles from Russia’s Voronezh, Kursk and Bryansk regions;
- four Kh-59/69 guided air-launched missiles from Belgorod region;
- 113 attack drones, including 83 jet-powered Shahed drones, as well as Gerbera drones and Parodya decoy drones.
The drones were launched from several directions, including Oryol, Kursk and Shatalovo in Russia, as well as occupied Donetsk and Hvardiiske in Russian-occupied Crimea.
The main targets were in the Kyiv, Poltava and Dnipropetrovsk regions.
As of 7:30 a.m., Ukrainian air defenses had shot down or suppressed 99 aerial targets:
- three Kh-59/69 guided missiles;
- 96 enemy drones, including Shahed, Gerbera and other types.
Impacts were recorded at 17 locations, while debris from intercepted targets fell at five locations.
On October 29, Russian forces attacked Dnipro several times, causing numerous casualties. More than 350,000 customers in the city and surrounding settlements lost electricity overnight.
Also overnight on October 30, Russian forces struck an industrial facility in the Kremenchuk district of Poltava region.
