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Bilenke · Chernihiv · Dnipro · Dnipropetrovsk Oblast · Izium · Kremenchuk · Kyiv · Oleshky · 3 more
29 October 2026
18 events recorded (2 confirmed), and 22 statements counted apart.
29 October 2026 in brief
A jet-powered drone hit a platform at Dnipro railway station where a train to Zaporizhzhia was waiting, killing 15 people and injuring 14 by the regional administration's count on 30 October, Ukrainian officials said, and regional head Hanzha said Russian attacks late that night left up to 350,000 people in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast without power. [1][2] Russian strikes killed two 15-year-old girls in central Chernihiv, where patrol police said 31 were injured, killed three and injured 32 in a Kremenchuk apartment block, and killed four and injured 12 when guided bombs hit a five-storey block in Izium, regional officials said; the acting governor said a man was killed in Bilenke, and prosecutors said a night missile strike on Kyiv killed one man. [1][2][3][4][5] Ukraine's navy said a Long Neptune missile strike destroyed two Su-34 aircraft at Marinovka airfield, the General Staff said it struck a drone storage site and fuel depot near Navlya, Bryansk Oblast, and Russia's defence ministry said 1,214 drones were destroyed overnight over Bryansk, Moscow and other regions, Bashkortostan and Udmurtia, as flights were restricted at three Moscow airports. [1][2][4] Drones attacked Sterlitamak, where the city said debris caused minor damage at an enterprise and the independent outlet Astra said the Bashkir Soda plant was the target, and Yandex withdrew its 2026 forecasts, citing October drone attacks on its data centres. [1][2] On the Oleshky mission, Ukraine's human rights commissioner Lubinets said route demining was complete and a convoy ready, his office said the local ceasefire runs to 1 November, Russia's commissioner Lantratova said Lubinets had arrived in Belarus, and Kherson's regional head recorded no shelling of civilian infrastructure in the oblast that day. [1]
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Presidential aide Ushakov said Moscow was discussing with the Trump administration the lifting of US sanctions on the Russian Direct Investment Fund.
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Vocational College No. 17 dormitory, Dnipro
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Ministry of Defence of Russia: Russia's defence ministry said 1,214 fixed-wing drones were intercepted and destroyed overnight into 29 October over Bryansk, Belgorod, Kursk, Kaluga, Tula, Smolensk, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Tver, Oryol, Ryazan, Vladimir, Samara, Saratov, Penza, Rostov and Moscow regions, Bashkortostan and Udmurtia.
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Government of Russia: Regional governors gave their own tallies of drones downed on 29 October: Kovalchuk 443 over Bryansk Oblast, Shuvaev 233 over Belgorod Oblast, Shapsha 170 over Kaluga Oblast, Khinshtein 153 over Kursk Oblast, Makhonin 10 over Perm Krai and Russkikh 4 over Ulyanovsk Oblast.
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Government of Ukraine: Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration head Syniehubov said the Izium strike injured 12 people, later that four were killed, and that four people were killed and 21 injured across the oblast on 29 October.
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Government of Ukraine: Human rights commissioner Lubinets said route demining for the Oleshky mission was complete, a humanitarian convoy was ready, and the evacuation route ran through Russia and Belarus.
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Government of Ukraine: Chernihiv Oblast Military Administration head Chaus said two 15-year-old girls were killed when Russia struck central Chernihiv with Banderol cruise missiles.
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Government of Ukraine: President Zelensky asked how many attacks Russia had carried out since sanctions were lifted on some Russian oligarchs and energy companies, saying the relief had not de-escalated the attacks.
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Government of Russia: Moscow mayor Sobyanin said 613 drones flew toward the Moscow region between the evening of 28 October and the morning of 29 October, most neutralised on distant approaches and 231 destroyed near Moscow.
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General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: Ukraine's air force said Russia launched 112 drones overnight into 29 October, including 40 jet-powered Shaheds, from Oryol, Millerovo and occupied Donetsk, that 97 were downed or jammed by 08:00, and that hits were recorded at seven locations with debris at five.
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General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: Ukraine's navy said a Long Neptune missile strike destroyed two Su-34 fighter-bombers at Marinovka airfield in Volgograd Oblast.
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Government of Russia: Presidential aide Ushakov said Moscow was discussing with the Trump administration the lifting of US sanctions on the Russian Direct Investment Fund.
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Government of Russia: Kremlin spokesman Peskov said the mass drone attack on Moscow during the Russia-Africa summit was strange, that air defences were working effectively, and that the military operation must continue.
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Government of Russia: Sterlitamak administration head Shaymardanov said eight drones were downed over the city and that debris caused minor damage at an enterprise that was working normally.
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General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: Ukraine's General Staff said its forces struck a Geran-type drone storage site, a fuel and lubricant depot and the drone launch site near Navlya, Bryansk Oblast, on 28 October and overnight into 29 October.
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Government of Ukraine: Poltava Oblast Military Administration head Diakivnych said three people were killed and 32 injured, six of them children, in the Russian drone strike on an apartment building in Kremenchuk.
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General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: Ukraine's air force said four jet-powered drones attacked Dnipropetrovsk Oblast at about 11:00 on 29 October, that three were downed and that the fourth hit Dnipro railway station.
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Government of Ukraine: The head of the President's Office, Budanov, said that for every victim in Ukraine, Russian defence industry facilities must burn.
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Government of Ukraine: President Zelensky warned of upcoming Russian ballistic missile attacks.
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Government of Ukraine: Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration head Hanzha said 14 people were killed and 14 injured at Dnipro railway station, a count the Kyiv Independent reported as at least 15 killed on 30 October, and that up to 350,000 people in the oblast were without power late on 29 October.
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Government of Russia: Ryazan governor Malkov said a fire at an enterprise in Shilovsky district after the drone attack had been contained and there were no casualties.
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Government of Ukraine: President Zelensky said Ukrainian forces had destroyed two Su-34 aircraft and hit an Iskander ballistic missile launcher, without giving the launcher's location.
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Government of Latvia: Latvian foreign minister Braze called the Dnipro station strike mass murder.
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Government of Ukraine: Acting head of Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration Semikin said a man was killed and three injured in Bilenke and that FPV drones hit a bus and a trolleybus in Zaporizhzhia city.