Russian ballistic missile strikes hit a major power plant and a residential building in Kyiv late Tuesday, killing two people and injuring 21 others, Ukrainian officials said, amid renewed questions over a recently announced energy ceasefire.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the Darnytska combined heat and power plant, known as CHPP-4, was struck without advance warning from Ukraine’s Western partners.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko confirmed the casualties following a missile strike on an apartment building and said several energy facilities across the capital had also been targeted.
Further missile attacks early Wednesday disrupted electricity supplies in parts of Kyiv, prompting authorities to issue an air raid alert and urge residents to remain in shelters.
Zelensky Questions Energy Ceasefire
The attacks came two days after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an energy ceasefire.
“Ukraine supported an energy ceasefire. Russia is targeting yet another power plant and the lives of our people,” Zelensky said.
“This is absolutely unjust: when they are destroying our energy infrastructure, and Ukraine is not even receiving early warnings about ballistic missile launches,” he added.
Zelensky called for a stronger international response and urged Washington to acknowledge Russia’s responsibility for the continuing attacks.
“It is important that the world does not stay silent about this. And it is important that the United States really see what is happening and who is responsible for this war continuing,” he said.
The strikes marked the second consecutive night of Russian missile attacks on Kyiv.
Earlier Tuesday, Trump denied reports that Washington had suspended intelligence sharing with Ukraine, amid speculation that Kyiv had lost access to information used to track incoming missiles.
“We are helping them and we are sharing intel,” Trump said.
“We want the war to end. So we’re working with them and with Russia on getting the war to end.”
Asked whether Russia had violated the energy ceasefire, Trump declined to give a direct answer, noting that Ukrainian forces had also attacked targets the previous day.
“Ukraine hit many sites the day before,” he said.
Trump added that both countries wanted the conflict to end but did not know how to achieve that outcome.
Renewed Damage to Kyiv’s Energy Infrastructure
The Darnytska power plant supplies heating and electricity to Kyiv’s Dniprovskyi district and parts of Darnytskyi district. The facility has repeatedly been targeted during the war, including a major Russian missile attack in February that forced it to suspend operations.
According to Reuters, that earlier strike left more than 1,000 residential buildings without heating and hot water, along with 47 schools, 72 kindergartens and 18 medical facilities.
The latest attacks came ahead of Zelensky’s scheduled meeting Wednesday with British Prime Minister Andy Burnham in London, where discussions were expected to focus on accelerating deliveries of air defense systems to Ukraine.
The renewed strikes also followed Zelensky’s statement Sunday that a 60-day ceasefire could allow Ukraine to hold presidential elections, after Trump suggested the country needed new leadership.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov rejected the prospect of a ceasefire, arguing that any pause would allow European countries to supply Ukraine with additional weapons.
Lavrov said Ukraine did not deserve the “respite” that a ceasefire would provide.
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