Overview
- Ukraine reported a combined strike of more than 650 drones and over fifty missiles on Oct. 29–30 that hit energy facilities and residential areas across multiple regions including Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv and Lviv.
- Ukrenergo imposed emergency power outages across most regions as DTEK said thermal power plants were damaged and Lviv officials confirmed hits on two energy facilities.
- Authorities detailed civilian casualties, with at least two deaths in Zaporizhzhia and dozens wounded, and later confirmed a seven-year-old girl died in Vinnytsia; a children’s hospital in Kherson was struck the previous day.
- Ukraine’s air force said it intercepted hundreds of incoming threats during the barrage, while Russia claimed it shot down large numbers of Ukrainian drones over several regions and Crimea.
- Kyiv appealed for additional Patriot-class air defenses and tougher sanctions and continued long-range strikes on Russian refineries, as analysts warn Russia is increasingly targeting Ukraine’s natural-gas infrastructure.