30 October 2025 - Ukraine Special Weapons News

Pokrovsk Is In Danger Of Falling To Russia. Ukrainian Soldiers Are Fuming. RFE/RL 30 Oct 2025 -- Since midsummer, Ukrainian forces have played a game of whack-a-mole in Pokrovsk, watching individual Russian soldiers and small units pop up in building ruins or basements in the frontline Donetsk region city, and then hammering them one by one.
Russian Strikes Kill Civilians Across Ukraine As Fighting Intensifies In Pokrovsk RFE/RL 30 Oct 2025 -- Russian missile and drone strikes across Ukraine have killed at least five people and injured dozens of others, including children, as Russian troops step up assaults around the country's strategic eastern city of Pokrovsk.

Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 30 Oct 2025 -- The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation received an order from the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Federation to ensure the unrestricted travel for foreign journalists, including Ukrainian ones, upon their address to the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, to visit the areas blocked by Ukrainian troops in Krasnoarmeysk, Dimitrov, Kupyansk.
Russian Forces Liberate Two Settlements in Zaporozhye and Kharkov Regions Sputnik 30 Oct 2025 -- The Russian armed forces have taken control of the settlement of Krasnogorskoye in the Zaporozhye region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
Russian Forces Hit Ukrainian Military-Industrial Sites in Overnight Long-Range Strike Sputnik 30 Oct 2025 -- Russian forces carried out a massive strike with high-precision weapons on facilities of Ukraine's military-industrial complex, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

Update 324 - IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine IAEA 30 Oct 2025 -- Efforts to facilitate the repair of the 330 kV Ferosplavna-1 power line at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) are ongoing, following the discovery last week of additional damage to the line during the successful reconnection of the plant to Ukraine's power grid, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said today.

Russia alone is prolonging the war in Ukraine: UK statement to the OSCE UK FCDO 30 Oct 2025 -- Ambassador Holland refutes claims that the UK seeks to prolong the war in Ukraine, emphasising the UK's commitment to a just and lasting peace. Russia alone is responsible for continuing its war.
UK condemns Russian attacks on civilians and urges accountability through International Law: UK Statement to the OSCE UK FCDO 30 Oct 2025 -- UK Military Advisor, Lt Col Joby Rimmer, condemns Russia's attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure. Russia's nuclear rhetoric undermines global stability, and the UK calls for renewed transparency and dialogue to prevent escalation.

Finland to provide development cooperation funding to the civil defence coalition led by Finland and Ukraine Finnish Government 30 Oct 2025 -- On 30 October, the Ministerial Finance Committee decided to support a proposal to provide EUR 11 million in funding to the civil defence coalition led by Finland and Ukraine.

Baiba Braže in a meeting with the French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Jean-Noël Barrot: our common priority is to achieve a lasting peace in Ukraine and constrain Russia - this would be the best security guarantee for Europe Latvia MFA 30 Oct 2025 -- On 29 and 30 October 2025, as part of her working visit to France, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Baiba Braže, met with the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France, Jean-Noël Barrot, for a discussion on bilateral and economic cooperation, the development of the European defence industry, and strengthening the EU and NATO's external border, support to Ukraine and putting pressure on Russia

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