Russian missiles struck the power plant in Kyiv, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky, who announced the attack in a post on X. He said the facility was hit.
The strike also damaged a nine-story residential building, where one person was killed and at least six others were injured, Omni – Alla nyheter. Alla perspektiv. reports. A fire broke out in the apartment block after the attack, according to the same outlet.
Zelensky said Ukraine again received no advance warning from its partner countries about the missile launches. He wrote that it was the second time that week that Ukraine had not been alerted.
Why it matters
The strike hit one of the capital's most important energy installations, according to Kyiv Post, as cited in the Omni report. Damage to power infrastructure in the capital carries consequences beyond the immediate blast site, affecting electricity supply for the city.
The attack also raises fresh questions about the flow of intelligence between Ukraine and its allies. Zelensky's statement that no warning came points to a gap he has now flagged publicly for the second time in a week.
Trump pushes back on intelligence claims
Donald Trump has responded to reports that the United States halted intelligence sharing with Ukraine, Reuters reports, according to Omni. The outlet notes that Reuters' coverage is often behind a paywall.
Zelensky's post on X referenced Trump, and Reuters reported that the two countries still share intelligence. AFP, also cited by Omni with a note that its material is often paywalled, reported that Ukraine relies mainly on the United States for advance warnings.
The competing accounts leave the practical state of allied warning cooperation unclear. What is documented is Zelensky's public complaint that no alert preceded this week's launches, and Trump's rejection of the suggestion that American intelligence support has stopped.
A week of repeated alarms
The absence of warning was not an isolated complaint. Zelensky said the same thing had happened earlier in the week, making the Kyiv strike the second occasion in days on which Ukraine says it was not told in advance about incoming missiles.
Swedish outlet Aftonbladet reported on the Russian attacks against Kyiv and noted that air raid alarms did not sound. Svenska Dagbladet reported attacks on the capital and described multiple explosions. SVT Nyheter carried Zelensky's account of the strike on the energy facility in Kyiv.
The reports from the Swedish outlets converge on the same sequence: missiles reached the capital, explosions were heard, and residents did not receive the usual alarm signal ahead of impact. That detail sits alongside Zelensky's claim that no warning arrived from partner nations — two separate layers of alert that, according to the reporting, both failed.
Casualties and damage
The human cost reported so far is one dead and at least six wounded, all connected to the nine-story apartment building that was hit. The fire that started there followed the strike, per Omni.
The energy plant was described by Kyiv Post as among the most significant energy facilities in the capital. Omni's summary does not specify the extent of the damage to the plant, and no independent assessment of the operational impact on Kyiv's power supply was included in the reporting.
What to watch
Whether Ukraine's partners confirm or dispute Zelensky's account of the missing warnings, and whether the United States clarifies the status of its intelligence sharing with Kyiv, are the next points to track.
