Russian strikes hit key power plant in Kyiv, Zelensky says
Ukraine said 600,000 people lost power after strikes damaged major energy sites and a residential building, with emergency crews reporting three deaths.
- On Tuesday, October 13, 2026, a Russian ballistic missile struck Kyiv's CHPP-4 power plant and a nearby residential building, killing two people and injuring 21.
- President Donald Trump's surprise Sunday announcement claimed Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an 'energy ceasefire' halting long-range strikes on power plants and oil refineries.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated Ukraine received no advance warning from Western partners, with domestic systems detecting the missiles only as they neared Kyiv.
- Amid speculation the United States restricted intelligence access, Trump denied the claim, stating, 'We are helping them and we are sharing intel.'
- The CHPP-4 facility, which serves more than 1,000 residential buildings, remains vulnerable to repeated strikes, while Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov rejected the ceasefire's 'respite.
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The past 24 hours have been tough for the Ukrainians. On Wednesday night, both civilians and energy targets have been hit. Follow us here.
Russia Pounds Ukraine’s Energy Infrastructure
“Russia unleashed an attack on Ukrainian energy infrastructure overnight, leaving at least 600,000 people without power in the Kyiv and Kharkiv regions, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Wednesday,” CNBC reports. CBS News: Zelenskyy says Russia isn’t honoring Trump’s energy ceasefire.
Following the Russian attack on the energy sector, the consumers of Kiev, as well as those of the regions of Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Khmelnytskyi and Zaporizhia, are without electricity this morning. (ANSA)
According to Ukrainian forces, the attacks were directed at energy infrastructure
The Russian army carried out a massive strike overnight on Ukraine's energy infrastructure facilities in the Ukrainian capital, as well as in Kiev and the Kharkiv region in northeastern Ukraine, the Moscow Defense Ministry announced on Wednesday morning, according to an MTI article.
After the deadly rocket attack on Kiev, Selensky accuses the West of a lack of warning, calling on Trump to impose severe sanctions on Russia.
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