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Within minutes of the humanitarian ceasefire in Oleshky ending, cyber attackers sent false warnings of nuclear launches, chemical danger and street fighting through Ukraine's Air Alert app and Russia's emergency alert system. The Ukrainian app briefly displayed alerts for radiation and a Russian Oreshnik missile, then was disabled while developers restored service. Russia's Ministry of Emergencies app broadcast messages claiming nuclear warheads had been launched across all regions. Both incidents occurred after a ceasefire brokered by US First Lady Melania Trump, which ran from 27 Oct to 1 Nov.

A Russian attack on an energy facility in Kyiv on 30 Oct cut electricity for four districts, affecting tens of thousands of residents, with no injuries reported. The strike follows a series of recent attacks, including a drone hit on a Kharkiv district that injured five people on 27 Oct and a deadly drone strike on a Dnipro railway platform on 29 Oct that killed 14. Ukraine continues to seek additional air‑defence support as the conflict spreads across multiple cities.

A US-brokered local ceasefire in Oleshky, a Russian-occupied city in Ukraine's Kherson region, has held for three days with no reported breaches, officials in Kyiv and Moscow say. The truce began on 27 Oct and is scheduled to run until 1 Nov. It is meant to let humanitarian aid reach roughly 2,000 remaining residents, who have faced food, water and medicine shortages for months, and to allow those wishing to leave to evacuate. Military units have cleared landmines during the pause, and aid is expected to arrive on Friday.