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A Russian ballistic missile attack hit a major energy facility supplying heating and electricity to Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said. The Darnytska CHP-4 plant and a residential building were struck, according to Reuters.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said one person was killed and 13 injured in the attack on the apartment building late on Tuesday. Four of the injured were in serious condition, he said.
Zelensky said the strike came without an early warning from Ukraine’s partners. “Ukraine supported an energy ceasefire. Russia is targeting yet another power plant and the lives of our people,” he wrote on social media.
He said it was unfair that Ukraine was not receiving early warnings about ballistic missile launches while its energy infrastructure was being attacked, and urged the international community and the United States not to remain silent.
The attack came two days after US President Donald Trump said Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an energy ceasefire. Kyiv has reported several Russian strikes since that announcement. Tuesday’s attack was the second consecutive night of Russian missile strikes on the Ukrainian capital.
After strikes on Monday night, there was speculation that the United States had stopped sharing intelligence that helps Ukraine track incoming threats. Trump denied this on Tuesday, saying Washington was sharing intelligence and working with both Ukraine and Russia to end the war.
Asked about Russian attacks on Ukrainian energy sites, Trump said Ukraine had struck many sites the previous day. He did not say whether Russia had violated a ceasefire, adding that both countries wanted the war to end but did not know how to achieve that.
Zelensky said on Sunday that a 60-day ceasefire would allow Ukraine to hold presidential elections, after Trump said it was time for the country to get a new president. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Ukraine did not deserve the respite a ceasefire would bring, and argued that Europe could use one to supply Ukraine with more weapons.
CHP-4 supplies heating and electricity to Kyiv’s Dniprovskyi district and parts of the Darnytskyi district. The facility has been struck several times during the war and was severely damaged in a separate Russian missile attack in February, forcing it to shut down.
Reuters reported that the February strike left more than 1,000 residential buildings, 47 schools, 72 kindergartens and 18 medical institutions without heating and hot water.
