Russian missiles hit Kyiv power plant and apartment building, killing one
Russian ballistic missiles hit a key Kyiv power plant and an apartment building on Tuesday night, killing one person and injuring 13, Ukrainian officials said. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said partners provided no advance warning. Donald Trump denied that the US had stopped sharing intelligence.
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Power plant and homes hit
Russian ballistic missiles struck Kyiv’s Darnytska CHPP-4 power plant and a residential building late on Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported one death and 13 injuries in the apartment-building strike, with four people in serious condition. It was the second consecutive night of Russian missile attacks on Kyiv.
The plant supplies heating and electricity to the Dniprovskyi district and parts of the Darnytskyi district. It had been severely damaged in a Russian missile attack in February, forcing it to shut down.
Questions over early warning
Zelenskyy said Ukraine received “no early warning from our partners” before Tuesday’s attack. He stressed that advance warnings of ballistic missile launches help prevent deaths, but did not explain why warnings had been absent.
The Guardian reported that US officials had threatened over the weekend to halt intelligence sharing with Kyiv. Trump denied on Tuesday that sharing had stopped, telling reporters: “We are helping them, and we are sharing intel.”
Energy ceasefire disputed
The attack came two days after Trump announced that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an energy ceasefire. Kyiv reported multiple Russian attacks after that announcement. Zelenskyy said Ukraine supported an energy ceasefire and accused Russia of continuing to target power infrastructure.
Asked about Russian strikes on Ukrainian energy sites, Trump said Ukraine had hit “many sites the day before”. He did not directly answer whether Russia had broken a ceasefire, instead saying both countries wanted the war to end but did not know how to achieve that.
