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        Defense Forces neutralized 623 enemy airborne targets

        Movement of airborne targets over Ukraine on the night of October 29–30, 2025 / PPO Radar and monitorwar illustration
        Movement of airborne targets over Ukraine on the night of October 29–30, 2025 / PPO Radar and monitorwar illustration

        Over the night of October 30 (from 19:00 on October 29), the enemy launched a combined strike on Ukraine’s critical infrastructure using attack UAVs and air-, ground-, and sea-launched missiles, the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.

        In total, the Air Force’s radio-technical troops detected and tracked 705 aerial threats: 52 missiles (9 of them ballistic) and 653 UAVs of various types (about 400 of them Shahed drones):

        • 653 attack UAVs of the Shahed, Gerbera and other types;
        • 4 Kh-47M2 “Kinzhal” aeroballistic missiles;
        • 5 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles;
        • 8 Kalibr cruise missiles;
        • 2 Iskander-K cruise missiles;
        • 30 Kh-101 cruise missiles;
        • 2 Kh-59/69 guided air-launched missiles;
        • 1 Kh-31P guided air-launched missile.

        “According to preliminary data, as of 11:30, air defense forces shot down or suppressed 623 airborne targets:

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        • 592 attack UAVs of the Shahed, Gerbera and other types;
        • 7 Kalibr cruise missiles;
        • 1 Iskander-K cruise missile;
        • 21 Kh-101 cruise missiles;
        • 2 Kh-59/69 guided air-launched missiles.

        At present, direct impacts of 16 missiles and 63 attack UAVs have been recorded at 20 locations, and debris from intercepted targets has fallen at 19 locations in different regions of Ukraine,” the report states.

        Additionally, 3 enemy missiles (as of 11:30) have lost track on radar, and information regarding their crash sites and consequences is being clarified.


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