At least six people have been killed in a fresh wave of Russian attacks across Ukraine, with overnight missile and drone strikes damaging critical infrastructure and cutting electricity to large parts of Kyiv.
The bombardment came despite US President Donald Trump’s announcement of an “energy ceasefire”, under which Russia and Ukraine were said to have agreed to halt long-range attacks on each other’s power infrastructure.
The latest strikes affected several regions, including Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia. Ukrainian authorities also reported missile attacks in Kharkiv and Zhytomyr, alongside strikes on Sumy and Chernihiv.
In the Ukrainian capital, two people died when a multi-storey residential building in the Desnianskyi district was hit. Another person was killed in an attack on the Holosiivskyi district.
Two additional deaths were reported in the Dnipropetrovsk region, where six people were also wounded, while another person was killed in the southeastern Zaporizhzhia region.
Kyiv Suffers Power Cuts After Ballistic Missile Barrage
Residents of Kyiv experienced explosions overnight as Russian missiles struck energy infrastructure and residential areas. Electricity and water supplies were disrupted in parts of the capital, according to reports from the city.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said energy facilities in the city and surrounding region had been targeted in a major ballistic missile attack. He confirmed that the strikes had caused power disruptions and urged residents to remain in shelters.
Ukraine’s largest private energy provider, DTEK, reported emergency power cuts in the Darnytskyi, Dniprovskyi, Pecherskyi and Solomianskyi districts, as well as parts of Holosiivskyi.
The extent of the damage raised fresh concerns about the security of Ukraine’s electricity supply as Russian attacks continue to target infrastructure essential to civilian life.
Zelensky Questions Why Ukraine Received No Early Warning
The latest bombardment has also intensified concerns in Kyiv over intelligence-sharing arrangements with Western allies.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine received no advance warning from its partners before a Russian ballistic missile struck a power facility in the capital on Tuesday evening.
He identified the targeted facility as the CHP-4 combined heat and power plant and said Ukrainian systems detected the incoming missiles only when they were approaching the city.
Zelensky described the situation as unjust, arguing that Ukraine should not be left without timely warnings while Russian forces continue attacking its infrastructure.
Ukraine depends heavily on Western intelligence to help detect incoming Russian strikes and support its own military operations. However, recent tensions with the Trump administration have raised questions about the reliability of those arrangements.
Ukraine Reports Hundreds of Russian Missiles and Drones
Zelensky said Russia launched 39 ballistic missiles and more than 120 attack drones and loitering munitions against energy and critical infrastructure in Kyiv, the surrounding region and Kharkiv.
According to the Ukrainian leader, at least 600,000 people were left without electricity following the attacks, with the possibility of further outages.
He also reported significant damage to at least 26 power facilities and four installations in the oil and gas sector. Infrastructure belonging to Ukraine’s state railway was targeted as well.
Zelensky argued that the scale of the operation demonstrated that Moscow was deliberately disregarding the ceasefire announced by Trump.
He said the attacks showed that Russia did not regard statements from the American president as a sufficiently strong deterrent.
Trump’s Energy Ceasefire Faces Immediate Test
Trump announced the proposed energy ceasefire on his Truth Social platform on Sunday, saying Russia and Ukraine had agreed to stop their damaging long-range attacks on power infrastructure.
Zelensky expressed surprise at the announcement and subsequently described further Russian strikes on energy facilities as Putin’s response to the American president’s claim.
The latest attacks have placed the proposed arrangement under immediate pressure, with Ukraine accusing Moscow of continuing operations against precisely the type of infrastructure the ceasefire was intended to protect.
The renewed violence also comes amid wider disagreements between Trump and Zelensky over the direction of the war and how to bring it to an end.
Tensions Between Trump and Zelensky Continue to Grow
Trump has repeatedly criticised Zelensky over Ukrainian attacks on Russian oil refineries. On Saturday, the US president suggested that Ukraine might need a new leader, adding to the strain between the two administrations.
Trump has also faced criticism from Zelensky and political opposition at home over reported plans to purchase diesel from Russia despite sanctions imposed on Moscow following its invasion of Ukraine.
Against that backdrop, Kyiv’s latest concerns over the lack of advance warning have added another point of tension to an already difficult relationship.
Zelensky called on Washington, European governments and other allies to increase pressure on Russia and provide Ukraine with additional air defence support.
Ukraine Appeals for More Patriot Missile Interceptors
Following the overnight attacks, Zelensky urged the United States and its partners to supply additional Patriot missile interceptors to help protect Ukrainian cities and critical infrastructure from further ballistic missile strikes.
He argued that Ukraine should not be left to confront Russia’s continued attacks without sufficient support, calling for stronger measures to bring the conflict closer to an end.
The Ukrainian president also said the United States had the tools needed to increase pressure on Moscow and advance efforts towards peace.
Russia Reports Ukrainian Drone Attacks on Its Territory
While Ukraine dealt with the latest Russian bombardment, Russian officials also reported attacks involving Ukrainian drones.
The governor of Russia’s Saratov region said preliminary information indicated that a Ukrainian drone strike had killed one person in the city of Balakovo.
Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said air defence forces had intercepted nearly 500 drones heading towards the Russian capital overnight. Russian authorities also reported that around 160 drones were brought down over the Rostov region.
The competing claims underscore the continuing scale of aerial attacks on both sides as diplomatic efforts to limit strikes on critical infrastructure face growing uncertainty.
Civilian Infrastructure Remains at the Centre of the Conflict
Kyiv, a city of approximately three million residents, has faced increasingly frequent Russian missile and drone attacks, with energy installations repeatedly targeted.
Earlier in the week, residents reported hearing explosions before air raid sirens sounded, an unusual sequence that Ukrainian officials attributed to the possible use of missiles that are difficult to detect or to technical problems.
The latest assault has renewed concerns about the safety of civilians, the resilience of Ukraine’s energy network and the prospects for a meaningful halt to attacks on essential infrastructure.
With hundreds of thousands reportedly without electricity and damage spread across several regions, the consequences of the bombardment are likely to remain a major concern for Ukrainian authorities as the situation develops.
