Russia strikes Kyiv and Poltava region in overnight missile and drone attack

Russia launched a massive overnight attack on Ukraine using ballistic and cruise missiles, targeting Kyiv and the Poltava region early Friday, October 30. The strikes caused fires and damage in multiple areas. In the Poltava region, Russian forces attacked an industrial enterprise in the Kremenchuk district, with explosions heard around 3 a.m. and additional cruise missiles fired toward the city at approximately 6 a.m. In Kyiv, an air alert was declared around 6 a.m., with debris from a drone causing a fire in the Obolon district. The attack follows a missile strike on Kyiv on the evening of October 29 that killed one person, with rocket debris landing in a residential courtyard and windows blown out of a building. On October 29, a Russian drone also attacked an electric train at Dnipro station, killing 14 people and injuring 14 others.