Russia strikes Ukraine’s energy facilities again after Zelensky says no early warning from partners

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A massive Russian attack on Ukrainian energy infrastructure left more than 600,000 people without power early Wednesday, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, hours after warning his country had received no advance notice from Kyiv’s partners of a previous deadly round of strikes.

Russia launched more than 120 drones and 39 ballistic missiles at Kyiv and Kharkiv, specifically targeting energy facilities, said Zelensky – causing widespread power outages and “significant damage” to oil and gas facilities. These are “the very infrastructure covered by the ceasefire announced by the American President,” he wrote, referring to the “energy ceasefire” that President Donald Trump announced last weekend.

CNN journalists in the capital reported hearing multiple explosions.

Russia’s defense ministry also said it had downed 902 drones overnight, according to Russian news agency Interfax.

Just hours earlier, Zelensky said his government had received “no early warning from our partners” before a deadly ballistic missile attack hit a major power plant in Kyiv and damaged a residential building on Tuesday.

Ukraine’s air defenses had “detected these missiles only when they were already virtually on approach to Kyiv,” he said.

“This is absolutely unjust: when they (Russia) are destroying our energy infrastructure, and Ukraine is not even receiving early warnings about ballistic missile launches.”

Intelligence provided by the US and other partners helps Ukraine defend against Russian ballistic missile attacks by providing the locations of missile launchers as well as data on where the strikes are heading, and when.

The strikes come after the Trump administration warned Ukraine and allies in Europe last weekend that the US could suspend intelligence sharing and European purchases of US weapons for Ukraine if Kyiv does not halt its deep strikes on Russian energy facilities.

However, when asked Tuesday, Trump said the US had not stopped sharing intelligence with Ukraine. “We are helping them, and we are sharing intel. We want the war to end, so we’re working with them and with Russia on getting the war to end,” he said.

The sharing is no guarantee of protection. Russia’s ballistic missiles can reach Kyiv in just minutes, leaving little time to respond; in some recent attacks, air raid sirens sounded at the same time as the first explosions.

For months, Zelensky has urged partners to help bolster Ukraine’s air defenses, especially in providing more ballistic-missile interceptors – one of the few weapons capable of knocking down ballistic missiles that travel faster than the speed of sound.

Trump had announced the so-called energy ceasefire on Sunday, which appeared to take both warring countries by surprise. Afterward, Zelensky said he supported the ceasefire even though he did not know about it in advance. The Kremlin has not commented directly on it.

By Monday, Zelensky said Russia had already violated the supposed ceasefire with fresh strikes – but said he was willing to abide by the agreement if Moscow does too.

When asked by reporters on Tuesday whether Russia had violated the ceasefire, Trump said: “I’ll let you know about that later,” according to Reuters.

Russia and Ukraine have ramped up their attacks on each other’s energy infrastructure in recent months, as front lines on the ground stay largely unmoved.

CNN’s Aileen Graef contributed reporting.

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乌克兰总统泽连斯基表示，俄罗斯对乌克兰能源基础设施的大规模袭击导致超过 60 万乌克兰人于周三凌晨断电。此前数小时，泽连斯基曾警告称，乌克兰方面并未收到基辅盟友关于此前致命袭击的任何提前通知。

泽连斯基表示，俄罗斯向基辅和哈尔科夫发射了120多架无人机和39枚弹道导弹，专门针对能源设施，造成大范围停电，并对石油和天然气设施造成“重大破坏”。他写道，这些正是“美国总统宣布的停火协议所涵盖的基础设施”，他指的是特朗普总统上周末宣布的“能源停火”。

据CNN驻首都记者报道，他们听到了多次爆炸声。

据俄罗斯国际文传电讯社报道，俄罗斯国防部还表示，一夜之间击落了902架无人机。

就在几个小时前，泽连斯基表示，在周二基辅一家大型发电厂遭到致命弹道导弹袭击并损毁一栋居民楼之前，他的政府“没有收到合作伙伴的任何预警”。

他说，乌克兰的防空系统“直到这些导弹实际上已经接近基辅时才发现它们”。

“这绝对不公平：他们（俄罗斯）正在摧毁我们的能源基础设施，而乌克兰甚至没有收到有关弹道导弹发射的预警。”

美国和其他伙伴提供的情报帮助乌克兰防御俄罗斯弹道导弹袭击，这些情报提供了导弹发射场的位置以及袭击的目的地和时间等数据。

此前，特朗普政府上周末警告乌克兰及其欧洲盟友，如果基辅不停止对俄罗斯能源设施的纵深打击，美国可能会暂停与乌克兰的情报共享以及欧洲向乌克兰购买美国武器。

然而，特朗普周二被问及此事时表示，美国并未停止与乌克兰分享情报。“我们正在帮助他们，我们正在分享情报。我们希望战争结束，所以我们正在与乌克兰和俄罗斯合作，努力结束这场战争。”他说。

共享资源并不能保证安全。俄罗斯的弹道导弹只需几分钟就能抵达基辅，留给反应的时间微乎其微；在最近的一些袭击中，空袭警报与第一次爆炸同时响起。

几个月来，泽连斯基一直敦促合作伙伴帮助加强乌克兰的防空能力，特别是提供更多的弹道导弹拦截器——这是少数几种能够击落速度超过音速的弹道导弹的武器之一。

特朗普周日宣布了所谓的能源停火协议，这似乎令交战双方都感到意外。之后，泽连斯基表示，尽管他事先并不知情，但他支持停火协议。克里姆林宫尚未对此事直接置评。

泽连斯基周一表示，俄罗斯已经违反了所谓的停火协议，发动了新的空袭——但他表示，如果莫斯科也遵守协议，他也愿意遵守。

据路透社报道，周二，当记者问及俄罗斯是否违反了停火协议时，特朗普说：“我稍后会告诉你们这件事。”

近几个月来，俄罗斯和乌克兰加大了对对方能源基础设施的攻击力度，而地面战线基本没有发生任何变化。

CNN记者艾琳·格雷夫对此报道亦有贡献。