Russian strikes hit key power plant in Kyiv, Zelensky says

ByJake Lapham and Dan Johnson, Ukraine correspondent.

Key points

• 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.
• After Trump's announcement on Sunday, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated Ukraine doesn't deserve the "respite" a ceasefire would bring.
• A key energy facility supplying Kyiv with heating and electricity has been hit in a Russian ballistic missile attack, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has remarked.
• Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko remarked one person was killed and 13 injured in the missile strike on the apartment block late on Tuesday.
• Asked regarding Russian strikes on Ukrainian energy sites, Trump stated: "Ukraine hit many sites the day before."

For context, a key energy facility supplying Kyiv with heating and electricity has been hit in a Russian ballistic missile attack, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has remarked.

Darnytska CHP-4, or CHPP-4, and a residential building were hit in a strike the president remarked came with "no early warning from our partners".

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko remarked one person was killed and 13 injured in the missile strike on the apartment block late on Tuesday. Four individuals were in a serious condition, he stated.

Although Kyiv noted multiple Russian strikes after the announcement, it comes two days after US President Donald Trump remarked an energy ceasefire had been agreed by Russia and Ukraine.

"Ukraine backed an energy ceasefire. Russia is targeting yet another power plant and the lives of our individuals, " Zelensky stated 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 continued.

"It is significant that the world does not stay silent concerning this. And it is significant that the United States really see what is happening and who is responsible for this war continuing."

It is the second night in a row Kyiv has been hit by Russian missiles.

After strikes on Monday night, there was speculation America had cut off access to key intelligence enabling Ukraine to track incoming threats. Earlier on Tuesday, Trump denied that was the case. "We are helping them and we are sharing intel, " he remarked.

"We want the war to end. So we're working with them and with Russia on getting the war to end."

But he demurred when asked if Russia had broken a ceasefire. He remarked both countries want the war to "come to an end" but "just don't know how to get there".

After comments from Trump that "it's time for Ukraine to get a new president", it comes after Zelensky remarked on Sunday that a 60-day ceasefire would allow ⁠his country to hold presidential elections.

Lavrov continued that under any ceasefire, Europe would be able to "pump with new weapons" for it to continue the war.

CHPP-4, which provides heating and electricity to the Dniprovskyi district and parts of the Darnytskyi district, has been hit multiple times during the war.

It was severely damaged in a separate Russian missile attack in February this year. It forced it to shut down.

Taken together, the developments around russian strikes hit key power plant in Kyiv, Zelensky says point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.