Camilla Jessen
Waves of missiles, drones, and hypersonic weapons struck multiple Ukrainian cities overnight.
Russia carried out one of its largest overnight airstrikes in months, firing missiles, Shahed drones, and Kinzhal hypersonic weapons at cities across Ukraine, according to Ukrainian officials and the State Emergency Service on October 30.
The attacks hit energy facilities and residential areas in several regions, including Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Mykolaiv, injuring dozens of civilians, among them children, and triggering nationwide power outages.
Zaporizhzhia hit hardest
Authorities in Zaporizhzhia reported some of the most severe damage. At least 15 people were injured, including six children aged 3 to 6, when a dormitory and several apartment buildings were struck.
“Several floors of the dormitory have been destroyed,” Ivan Fedorov, the regional governor, wrote on Telegram, adding that one person might still be trapped under debris. Emergency workers spent the morning battling fires and searching the rubble.
According to local officials, Russian forces launched about 20 drones and eight missiles in the area overnight.
Capital region under fire
In the Kyiv region, falling debris from downed drones caused fires and explosions in Boryspil, where a 36-year-old woman was hospitalized with burns and shrapnel injuries.
Two cars were destroyed, and multiple homes were damaged.
Air raid sirens sounded across the capital for hours as Ukrainian air defenses intercepted incoming targets.
Strikes across multiple regions
In Dnipro, ballistic missiles hit industrial sites while drones struck nearby residential and infrastructure targets.
Fires were reported in the Pokrovska and Mykolaivska communities, though no deaths were confirmed. Officials said 22 drones were shot down over the Dnipropetrovsk region.
Ivano-Frankivsk sustained cruise missile strikes that disrupted local electricity networks.
“There may be interruptions with electricity — the country’s energy infrastructure is under attack,” Mayor Ruslan Martsinkiv said.
In Vinnytsia, strikes left the town of Ladyzhyn without heat or water, forcing the city to activate an alternative heating system and close kindergartens, according to city council secretary Oleksandr Kolomiiets.
Power cuts and train delays were also reported in the Mykolaiv and Kirovohrad regions, while air defenses in Cherkasy downed one missile and 12 drones.
Nationwide blackouts
Emergency crews are working to restore electricity amid rolling blackouts imposed to stabilize Ukraine’s grid following the night of attacks.
Earlier in the day, Russian artillery targeted a children’s hospital in Kherson, killing and wounding several patients and medical staff, according to local authorities.
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