Large-scale Russian missile attack on Kyiv strikes power plants, residential buildings, killing 5, injuring 25

Russia launched yet another large-scale ballistic missile attack on Kyiv overnight on Oct. 13-14, wreaking destruction in a residential neighborhood and targeting several energy facilities in Kyiv.

Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi said that all three of the city's combined heat and power stations were attacked, as well as critical infrastructure in the Kyiv Oblast that provide power to Kyiv and central regions.

"The targets of Russian ballistic missiles were power system facilities in Kyiv, Kharkiv, and the region," he said.

"Overnight, the Russians deployed 39 ballistic missiles and more than 120 strike drones and loitering munitions against our energy and critical infrastructure in Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast, and Kharkiv," President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a post on social media, adding 600,000 people were currently without power.

"This was a targeted Russian ballistic strike specifically against the energy sector — an area regarding which the U.S. President had called for a ceasefire. The strike was entirely deliberate and demonstrative in its scale. Russia has never before shown such blatant disrespect toward America," he added.

Explosions were first heard in the capital beginning in the late evening hours of Oct. 13 when a Russian missile, with little warning, struck a nine-story residential building in the city's Desnyanskyi district, igniting a large-scale fire, Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitschko reported.

Ukraine received no warning from its partners about the first wave of Russian missile strikes, but did receive warnings during the subsequent three strike waves, Air Force spokesperson Yurii Ihnat said during a national telethon, according to Ukrinform.

At least three women were killed, and another 25 people, including a 7-year-old girl, were injured as a result of the Russian strike on the residential building, Kyiv Police said. Among those injured, 16 people were hospitalized, and four are in serious condition, Klitschko reported.

Over a dozen explosions were again heard in the capital between 4:45 a.m. - 6:45 a.m. local time, according to Kyiv Independent journalists on the ground, amid subsequent waves of missiles attacks. Kyiv Independent journalists reported brief power outages and flickering lights around 5:30 a.m.

Due to the Russian attacks, one of the capital's water pumping stations has been cut off, leading to a reduction in water pressure in the Pechersk district, the Kyiv City State administration (KMDA) said.

In the morning, all three of Kyiv's metro lines temporarily stopped working, according to Kyiv Independent reporters on the ground.

Klitschko reported that another person was killed in the city's Holosiivskyi district following the latest waves of attacks. Kyiv Police later raised the number of people killed in Holosiivskyi district to two.

Ukraine's State Emergency Service reported that an unspecified "non-residential" building, a home, and a vacant building were also damaged across the city.

Ukraine's Air Force said it neutralized four ballistic missiles and 115 Russian drones overnight.

The latest Russian attacks on energy infrastructure come just days after U.S. President Donald Trump declared an energy ceasefire, and demanded that Ukraine stop targeting Russian oil facilities. He claimed that these attacks contributed to heightened oil prices, widely attributed to the US war in Iran.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said he would be willing to agree to an energy ceasefire if Russian forces stop targeting Ukrainian energy infrastructure. Zelensky said earlier in the day that "Ukraine has not carried out strikes on Russian oil refineries or the energy sector in general for the two days since the American president announced an energy ceasefire."

In the aftermath of the attack, presidential adviser Dmytro Lytvyn told reporters that allies had not provided early warning of the launches for the second day in a row. Ukraine's Air Force also said no alerts had been received on either day.

Afterwards, President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed that no early warning was provided to Ukraine, adding that a Kyiv thermal power plant and residential building were targeted.

"Our system detected these missiles almost as they were approaching Kyiv," Zelensky said.

Local resident Maksym told the Kyiv Independent that he and his partner had to evacuate to their building's corridor before heading to a shelter after windows were shattered in a nearby explosion.

"Everything was very fast. We didn't even understand anything," he said.

Russian missile threats also triggered air raid alerts in parts of Lviv, Volyn, and Ivano Frankivsk oblasts in western Ukraine, far from the front lines.

Ukraine did not receive any advance warning of the attack from allies, which is unusual, presidential advisor Lytvyn said when asked by reporters.

Ukraine's Air Force confirmed that Russia had launched ballistic missiles at Kyiv, saying that "no information from partners regarding missile launches from enemy territory has been received," either on Oct. 12 or 13.

In the Russian attack on Oct. 12, at least 12 people were injured, including a 17-year-old, according to the Kyiv City State Administration's Health Department.

Just a day earlier, sources told the Kyiv Independent that the Trump administration threatened senior Ukrainian military and government officials, warning of plans to withdraw support from Ukraine in a push to protect Russian oil refineries.

"They called all the top military officials with threats," one Ukrainian official told the Kyiv Independent. "They're telling everyone that they're going to turn off both the intelligence sharing and PURL."