Overview
- Russia’s defense ministry reported intercepting 130 fixed‑wing UAVs over multiple regions overnight, with debris damaging equipment at an Oryol thermal power plant and authorities reporting disruptions in Yaroslavl and an attempted strike near Vladimir.
- Regional updates in Russia cited injuries and infrastructure damage from Ukrainian drones, including several wounded in Belgorod region and temporary closures or repairs at civilian sites detailed by local officials.
- Ukrainian authorities said Russian strikes hit civilian areas and energy sites on October 30, including a dormitory in Zaporizhzhia that wounded 17 people with children among the injured, an attack in Sumy that wounded 11, and a strike on Sloviansk TPP that killed two energy workers.
- Moscow highlighted expanded use of FPV drones and artillery, saying Molniya systems destroyed Ukrainian positions near Kupiansk and that a Msta‑B strike hit a Ukrainian UAV command point on the Dnipro’s right bank in Kherson region.
- Russia said its forces tightened encirclements around Krasnoarmiisk and the Kupiansk area, claiming dozens of failed Ukrainian breakout or relief attempts and announcing temporary corridors for foreign media as Kyiv was accused of seeking to block press access.