Key facts
- At least 10 people were killed and 73 injured across Ukraine on Oct. 11-12.
- Russia struck Kharkiv's CHP-5 power plant on Oct. 11.
- An energy facility in Zhytomyr Oblast was attacked overnight on Oct. 12.
- A high-voltage power line was damaged in Kyiv on Oct. 11.
- Three Ukrainian service members were killed and three injured in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast on the evening of Oct. 11.
- One person was killed and 18 injured in Donetsk Oblast, including in Sloviansk.
Russian forces continued to target residential buildings and energy infrastructure across Ukraine, resulting in at least 10 deaths and 73 injuries between October 11-12, regional authorities reported.
On October 11, Russia struck Kharkiv's CHP-5 power plant, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky. The attack occurred shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump announced an "energy ceasefire" between Russia and Ukraine via a Truth Social post, stating, "Effective immediately, there is an ENERGY CEASEFIRE in the War between Russia and Ukraine. Both parties have agreed."
Ukraine's Presidential Office confirmed the Kharkiv attack. In Kharkiv Oblast, five people were killed and 42 injured in attacks on the city and surrounding region, Governor Oleh Syniehubov said. Separately, an energy facility in western Zhytomyr Oblast was attacked overnight on October 12, with no casualties reported, according to Governor Vitalii Bunechko.
In Kyiv, a high-voltage power line was damaged on October 11 due to Russian attacks, Mayor Vitalii Klitschko stated, leading to widespread water outages and short power disruptions reported by energy company DTEK.
Overnight on October 12, Russia launched 121 Shahed-type attack drones, including 76 jet-powered versions, and Gerbera and Parodiya decoy drones. Ukrainian air defenses intercepted or suppressed 89 drones, while strikes were recorded at 15 locations, with debris falling at four sites.
In western Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, three Ukrainian service members were killed and three injured in a Russian attack on the evening of October 11, Mayor Ruslan Martsinkiv said. In eastern Donetsk Oblast, one person was killed and 18 injured in Russian attacks, with Sloviansk suffering the most casualties, Governor Vadym Filashkin reported. A Russian drone strike on a civilian car in Sumy Oblast killed a 39-year-old man and injured three others, including two ambulance workers. In southern Kherson Oblast, two people were injured, Governor Oleksandr Prokudin said. In Zaporizhzhia Oblast, one person was injured out of 817 attacks on 57 settlements. Dnipropetrovsk and Chernihiv oblasts also experienced Russian attacks without reported casualties.
Ukraine had no prior information about the energy ceasefire announced by Trump, a senior Ukrainian official told the Kyiv Independent. Zelensky told Axios that if Trump negotiated the ceasefire with Vladimir Putin, Ukraine was ready to accept it and requested details on its start time. Zelensky also stated that Russia had conducted over 200 strikes on Ukraine's electricity generation and transmission facilities, and 17 strikes on gas and oil facilities in the past week, causing more than 150 deaths and 700 injuries.