Russian forces struck the CHP-5 power plant in Kharkiv around 8 p.m. on October 11, 2026, only hours after US President Donald Trump announced an energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
A ceasefire Kyiv had not heard of
Trump wrote on Truth Social: “Effective immediately, there is an ENERGY CEASEFIRE in the War between Russia and Ukraine,” adding, “Both parties have agreed.” Ukraine said it had no information about the arrangement. Zelenskyy asked Trump to say when the ceasefire begins: “We are ready, and we will accept it.” Ukraine’s Presidential Office confirmed the Kharkiv strike came after the announcement.
A week of strikes on the grid
Zelenskyy said Russia had carried out more than 200 strikes on electricity generation and transmission facilities and 17 on gas and oil facilities over the past week. Those attacks killed more than 150 people and wounded over 700, he said.
Grocery store hit
In the suburbs of Kharkiv, a missile struck a grocery store, killing three people and injuring at least 22, including two children, according to regional Governor Oleh Syniehubov.
Winter pressure
The strikes came as Russia intensified its campaign against Ukraine’s power system ahead of winter, targeting generation, transmission and gas production. Kyiv said it would honour a genuine mutual halt to energy strikes, but questioned whether Moscow had agreed to anything at all.
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