The Russiansʼ morning shelling damaged 18 facilities in 10 regions of Ukraine, most of which are energy facilities.
This was reported by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal.
According to him, the occupiers attacked the infrastructure of Ukraine not only with missiles, but also with drones. It is known that they attacked the Dniester dam, which is located in Chernivtsi region. Its dam energy infrastructure is damaged, but there is no threat of flooding.
"Hundreds of settlements in seven regions of Ukraine have been cut off. The consequences could have been much worse. But thanks to the heroic and professional work of the Air Defense Forces, 44 of the more than 50 missiles fired on our territory were shot down [...]. Local emergency shutdowns continue in Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv regions," Shmyhal added.
- On the morning of October 31, Russian troops launched a massive missile attack on critical infrastructure facilities in Ukraine. The light went out in a number of areas. The rockets hit objects in the city of Kyiv, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, the city of Svitlovodsk (Kirovohrad region), as well as in the Kyiv, Cherkasy, Vinnytsia and Chernivtsi regions. Rockets were shot down in Khmelnytskyi and Lviv regions.
- Air defense forces shot down 44 missiles out of more than 50. They were launched by strategic aviation planes from the north of the Caspian Sea and from the Rostov region. One of the downed missiles fell in the village of Naslavcha in Moldova.
- Part of the railway was de-energized due to missile strikes. "Ukrzaliznytsia" brought out reserve diesel locomotives, trains continue to run, but with delays. Emergency power outages are introduced in Ukraine.