Russian strikes hit key power plant in Kyiv, Zelensky says
The Ukrainian president says the ballistic missile strikes came with "no early warning from our partners".
Russian strikes damage major Kyiv power plant, Zelensky says
A major energy site that supplies Kyiv with heating and electricity was struck in a Russian ballistic missile attack, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
Darnytska CHP-4, also known as CHPP-4, and a residential building were hit in an attack that the president said came with "no early warning from our partners".
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said one person was killed and 13 others were injured in the missile strike on the apartment block late on Tuesday. He said four people were in a serious condition.
The attack came two days after US President Donald Trump said Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an energy ceasefire, although Kyiv reported several Russian strikes after that announcement.
"Ukraine supported an energy ceasefire. Russia is targeting yet another power plant and the lives of our people," Zelensky said on social media after Tuesday's strikes.
"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.
"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."
It was the second consecutive night that Kyiv had been hit by Russian missiles.
After strikes on Monday night, there was speculation that America had cut off access to key intelligence used by Ukraine to track incoming threats.
Earlier on Tuesday, Trump denied that this was the case.
"We are helping them and we are sharing intel," he said.
"We want the war to end. So we're working with them and with Russia on getting the war to end."
When asked about Russian strikes on Ukrainian energy sites, Trump said: "Ukraine hit many sites the day before."
But he would not say whether Russia had broken a ceasefire. He said both countries want the war to "come to an end" but "just don't know how to get there".
This follows Zelensky's statement on Sunday that a 60-day ceasefire would allow his country to hold presidential elections, after Trump said that "it's time for Ukraine to get a new president".
After Trump's announcement on Sunday, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Ukraine does not deserve the "respite" that a ceasefire would bring.
Lavrov also said that under any ceasefire, Europe would be able to "pump [Ukraine] with new weapons" so it could continue the war.
CHPP-4, which supplies heating and electricity to the Dniprovskyi district and parts of the Darnytskyi district, has been hit several times during the war.
It was badly damaged in a separate Russian missile attack in February this year, forcing it to shut down.
That strike left more than 1,000 residential buildings without heating and hot water, along with 47 schools, 72 kindergartens and 18 medical institutions, according to Reuters.