In brief
Russian ballistic missiles struck Kyiv’s Darnytska CHP‑4 power plant and an adjacent apartment building late Tuesday, killing one person and leaving 13 injured. President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned the attack, noting the absence of early warning and demanding the world’s focus on the ongoing escalations. The strike follows a Trump‑backed energy ceasefire that Kyiv claims has not stopped further missile attacks. U.S. President Donald Trump denied a loss of intelligence collaboration, while Russia’s foreign minister dismissed the ceasefire as a “respite” unjustified for Ukraine. The blast revives concerns over the repeated targeting of energy infrastructure, underscoring the war’s escalating brutality.
Russian ballistic missiles struck the Darnytska Combined Heat and Power plant (CHPP‑4) and a nearby apartment block in Kyiv on Tuesday night.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said the attack hit a key energy facility that supplies heat and electricity to parts of the city, and that the attack came with no early warning.
According to Mayor Vitali Klitschko, the strike killed one person and left 13 injured, including four in serious condition.
The strike follows a Trump‑backed ceasefire deal that Kyiv says did not stop further missile attacks. Zelensky said Russia was continuing to target Ukraine’s power infrastructure and essential services.
"It is absolutely unjust that our people suffer when the enemy destroys our energy infrastructure without giving us a warning," the president wrote on social media.
U.S. President Donald Trump denied that the United States had cut off intelligence that could have warned Kyiv of incoming missiles, saying the U.S. was still sharing such intel.
CHPP‑4 had already sustained a February strike that forced the plant to shut down, leaving over 1,000 residential blocks, schools, kindergartens and medical facilities without heating or hot water.
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov dismissed the ceasefire as a “respite” that Ukraine would not deserve, and warned that Europe could use it to send new weapons to the front.
The Kremlin’s continued attacks on energy sites underscore the intensity of the conflict, with Ukraine demanding an end to the war and calling on the international community to act.
