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On October 29 and 30, Ukrainian forces launched an attack on an Iskander-M missile launcher and related facilities in Russia's Kursk Oblast, according to the General Staff. The target, near the town of Fatezh, was utilized for rearming ballistic missiles. The Iskander-M is a short-range missile system employed by Russia to strike Ukrainian cities.

Concurrently, Russia deployed ballistic missiles from Voronezh, Kursk, and Bryansk oblasts in a coordinated assault targeting primarily Kyiv, Poltava, and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts, as reported by Ukraine's Air Force. President Volodymyr Zelensky had previously emphasized that Ukrainian forces would target Russian missile launchers amid Russia's increased use of ballistic missiles.

Zelensky also noted a tripling of international deliveries of air-defense interceptors to Ukraine compared to 2025 levels. Additionally, Ukrainian military operations struck Russian ammunition depots in the occupied territories of Donetsk, Kharkiv, and Luhansk oblasts, as detailed by the General Staff on October 30. The magnitude of the damage from these strikes remains unverified.

Zelensky had earlier claimed that on October 29, Ukraine executed two missile strikes, destroying an Iskander-M launcher and two Su-34 fighter-bomber jets. On the same day, Ukraine's Navy also targeted two Su-34 fighter-bomber jets at Marinovka military airfield in Russia's Volgograd Oblast with domestically produced Neptune missiles, according to the Navy's report.