On the night of 30 October, the Russian army attacked Ukraine with ballistic missiles, guided missiles and drones. The main directions of Russia’s combined overnight strike were the Kyiv, Poltava and Dnipropetrovsk regions.
From 18:00 on 29 October, the enemy launched Iskander-M/S-400/KN-23 ballistic missiles from Russia’s Voronezh, Kursk and Bryansk regions; four Kh-59/69 guided air-launched missiles from Russia’s Belgorod region; and 113 strike UAVs of the Shahed type (83 of them jet-powered), Gerbera, as well as “Parodiya” decoy drones from the following directions: Oryol, Kursk, Shatalovo — Russia; temporarily occupied Donetsk; temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea — Hvardiiske.
The air attack was repelled by aircraft, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare and unmanned systems units, and mobile fire groups of Ukraine’s Defence Forces.
According to preliminary data, as of 07:30 air defences had neutralised 99 hostile targets:
3 Kh-59/69 guided air-launched missiles;
96 hostile UAVs of the Shahed type (71 of them jet-powered), Gerbera, and drones of other types.
As of the morning of 30 October, several strike drones were still in the air, and combat operations were ongoing.
Impacts by the enemy’s air attack assets were recorded at 17 locations, as well as falling debris in five places.