Zelenskyy says Russia ignores Trump's energy ceasefire as Kyiv strike kills two

Russian ballistic missiles struck a Kyiv apartment building and thermal power plant, killing two people. The attack raised questions over Trump's energy ceasefire announcement and Western intelligence support.Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump. (Photo: Reuters)Russian forces struck Kyiv with ballistic missiles on Tuesday, killing two people in a high-rise apartment building and hitting a thermal power plant, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, accusing Moscow of disregarding US President Donald Trump’s announcement of an energy ceasefire.The attack was the second on the Ukrainian capital in 24 hours, with Kyiv receiving no advance warning from its Western partners, Zelenskyy said. He warned that Ukrainian intelligence indicated Russia was preparing further ballistic missile strikes.“The facts show that the Russians do not consider themselves bound to abide by what the president of the United States said,” Zelenskyy said in a post on Telegram, referring to Trump’s announcement of an energy ceasefire at the weekend.“And it is certainly unfair that they are destroying our energy infrastructure while Ukraine is not even receiving warnings about ballistic missile launches,” he added. TWO KILLED, 21 INJURED IN Kyiv STRIKEKyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said two people were killed and 21 injured when a missile struck a nine-storey apartment building. Sixteen of the injured were being treated in hospital, four of them in serious condition.Emergency crews battled fires in apartments across the building as residents were evacuated. Images and video footage showed firefighters directing hoses at the building’s shattered facade. ZelenskYY said energy infrastructure was the primary target of the latest attack, specifically Thermal Power Plant No. 4.“Once again, no advance warning from our partners. The main target was energy infrastructure, specifically thermal plant No. 4,” he said.The Ukrainian president had earlier said Kyiv received no warning from Western partners before a previous overnight attack on the capital.KYIV QUESTIONS CEASEFIRE AS RUSSIA PREPARES MORE STRIKESZelenskYY'S remarks raised fresh questions over the prospects of an energy ceasefire following Trump’s announcement. He said intelligence indicated that Russia was preparing additional ballistic missile launches.Trump has said Washington continues to share intelligence with Kyiv even as he presses Ukraine to stop attacking Russian oil refineries.Reuters and other media outlets have reported that US officials have threatened to halt intelligence sharing and weapons sales to Ukraine unless it stops targeting Russian refineries.Ukraine relies heavily on US intelligence to provide early warnings of incoming missile strikes, according to experts and officials.The latest attacks have underscored Kyiv’s concerns over the continued targeting of its energy infrastructure and the uncertainty surrounding the US role in supporting Ukraine’s defence.- EndsWith inputs from Reuters