Russian missile strike on Kyiv power station ends energy ceasefire after two days
A Russian ballistic missile has destroyed the Darnytska CHP-4 power station in Kyiv, killing two people and injuring 21 others, and cutting heat to over 1,000 buildings. The attack violated an energy ceasefire announced just two days earlier, which President Zelensky said Russia had broken without providing Ukraine any advance warning.
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Ukraine's capital suffered a major blow to its energy infrastructure when a Russian ballistic missile struck the Darnytska CHP-4 power station located in Kyiv's Dniprovskyi district, along with a nearby residential building. According to Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko, the overnight attack killed two people, injured 21 others, and damaged several energy facilities across the city. The strike left more than 1,000 residential buildings without heating just as winter approaches and temperatures begin to fall.
The missile attack occurred only two days after US President Donald Trump announced that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to establish an energy ceasefire. President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that although Ukraine supported this ceasefire, Russia deliberately targeted yet another power plant. Zelensky emphasised that Ukraine had received no early warning from international partners about the incoming missile, describing the lack of warning as 'absolutely unjust.'
Authorities declared a red alert due to a continuing missile threat and instructed residents to remain in shelters. The attack demonstrates how unstable Ukraine's energy system remains as the country faces another winter of war, and it raises serious questions about whether any ceasefire arrangements concerning energy infrastructure can be reliably maintained.
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