Evening ballistic strike on Kyiv hits CHP-4 and a residential building, again without warning from partners
Place: KyivRegion: Kyiv and Kyiv regionautomatic summary
Where the versions diverge
Ukrainian and independent sources speak of strikes on energy and housing and the lack of warning; RIA frames it through the theory of a "message" from Washington to Kyiv. The final casualty figures refer to the night of 14 October.
What Russia reports
automatic summary RIA Novosti quotes Cypriot journalist Alex Christoforou as saying the lack of US data about the strike on Kyiv is an "alarming sign" and possibly a message from the Trump administration to Zelensky.
“Возможно, это послание администрации (Президента США Дональда. — Прим. ред.) Трампа и Белого дома Зеленскому и его европейским покровителям”
- В Европе сообщили Зеленскому плохие новости после удара ВС России по Киеву — RIA Novosti, 13 October, 21:56
What Ukraine reports
automatic summary The Air Force said that at about 22.40 Russia struck Kyiv with ballistic missiles and that, as the day before, no information on launches had come from partners. Zelensky said the main target was energy, namely CHP-4, which was hit, and a residential building was also damaged.
“Ситуація схожа із вчорашньою – інформації від партнерів щодо пусків з території противника не надходило.”
“Основна мішень – енергетика, а саме ТЕЦ-4. На жаль, є влучання.”
- ПС про балістичний удар по Києву: інформації від партнерів щодо пусків не надходило — Ukrainska Pravda, 13 October, 22:17
- Зеленський: Росія вдарила балістикою по енергетиці в Києві, попередження від партнерів не було — Ukrainska Pravda, 13 October, 22:27
- Росія атакувала Київ балістикою: попередньо тривогу не оголосили, є влучання в будинок — Ukrainska Pravda, 13 October, 21:54
What independent sources report
automatic summary Kyiv Independent, citing Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi, writes that all three of Kyiv's combined heat and power plants and facilities in the region were attacked, and the death toll overnight into 14 October reached five, with 25 injured. The Guardian writes that Ukraine got no warning from partners for a second night.
“all three of the city's combined heat and power stations were attacked”
“Ukraine received no early warning from its partners about a second night of Russian ballistic missile strikes on civilian infrastructure in Kyiv”
- Large-scale Russian missile attack on Kyiv strikes power plants, residential buildings, killing 5, injuring 25 — Kyiv Independent, 13 October, 22:13
- Allies did not warn Kyiv of Russian ballistic missile strikes, says Zelenskyy — The Guardian, 13 October, 23:54
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