💥 Attack

Ukrainian forces struck substations in occupied Melitopol and Molochansk, Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

December 30, 2025 Zaporizhzhia, Zaporizhzhia Oblast

Likely Reported by 3 independent sources

Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent Censor.NET

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Entities

Melitopol substation (location) Molochansk substation (location) Russia (organization) Ivan Fedorov (person) Russian troops (organization) 43-year-old woman (person) Russian forces (military_unit) FPV drone (weapon_system)

Source Reports

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Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian forces struck substations in occupied Melitopol and Molochansk, Zaporizhzhia Oblast (50 kilometers and 35 kilometers from the frontline, respectively)

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Russia shelled populated areas at least 697 times in Zaporizhzhia Oblast in the last day, according to the region's Governor Ivan Fedorov. One man was killed and three people injured.

Censor.NET → Source tone: likely

Russian troops launched an attack on Zaporizhzhia, damaging industrial infrastructure and causing a fire. The blast wave damaged private houses near the strike site.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:38.888Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-december-31-2025