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[UPDATE] Five Russian ballistic missiles hit Kyiv without a U.S. launch warning; Trump says intelligence sharing continues

A second night of strikes, Tuesday, Oct. 13, killed one person in Kyiv and hit the Darnytska CHP-4 power plant, two days after Trump announced an energy ceasefire.

Five Russian ballistic missiles hit Kyiv on Monday night (Oct. 12) without the early warning Ukraine normally gets from its partners. The Kyiv Independent identified them as S-400s; Ukraine's Air Force logged them as Iskander-M/S-400 missiles. Kyiv's account. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine got "no early warning from our partners." A senior Ukrainian official told the Kyiv Independent: "The Americans said they just didn't see (the launch)... That's a weak excuse." Washington's answer. Trump said: "We are helping them, and we are sharing intel. We want the war to end." Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha also said sharing continues. Kyiv Independent sources said the same. The ceasefire. Russia has launched more than 100 weapons at Ukraine since Monday evening (Oct. 12), per NBC News. On Tuesday night (Oct. 13), a strike on a Kyiv apartment block also hit the Darnytska CHP-4 heat-and-power plant, killing one person and injuring 13, the BBC reported. In Kharkiv, a destroyed apartment building killed four and wounded 41.

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Over the weekend of Saturday, Oct. 10 and Sunday, Oct. 11, the State Department and Pentagon warned Kyiv that it could lose U.S. intelligence and NATO-run weapons purchases unless it stopped striking Russian energy sites, and the U.S. military told Ukrainian commanders directly. On Sunday, Oct. 11, Trump announced an energy ceasefire that he said took effect immediately; he gave no terms, and Ukraine backed it while asking for details.

What Ukraine's own logs show about this missed warning:

  • Ukraine's Air Force logged the target at 22:09 and issued the Kyiv alert at 22:10. Neither time measures how long the missiles flew.
  • The first count was six missiles of unknown type. The Air Force later revised it to five Iskander-M/S-400 missiles.
  • No U.S. detection logs or Ukrainian relay logs have been released, so the record does not show whether detection failed or transmission failed.