Russian Strikes Cut Power to 600,000 Ukrainians Days After U.S. Diesel Deal
Russian Strikes Cut Power to 600,000 Ukrainians Days After U.S.
Diesel Deal Russian strikes on October 13 and 14 cut power to at least600,000 people in Ukraine, Zelenskyy said, four days after the Trump administration licensed imports of Russian diesel while pressing Ukraine to stop striking Russian refineries.
Zelenskyy said Russia launched39 ballistic missiles and more than 120 dronesat Kyiv and Kharkiv.
He said the strikes damaged at least26 power facilities and four oil and gas sitesand that outages could spread further on Wednesday.
A ballistic missile hit Kyiv's CHP-4 power plant on Tuesday evening, according to Zelensky, and DTEK reported emergency outages in several districts.
Al Jazeera reportedat least three deaths in Kyiv.
Russia's Defense Ministry said it struck seven Ukrainian energy facilities and a data center.
Zelensky said Ukraine's air defensesdetected the missiles only as they neared the cityand that partners gave no early warning.
Over the weekend, the Trump administration reportedlywarned Kyiv and European alliesit could suspend intelligence sharing and European purchases of US weapons if Ukraine did not halt its strikes on Russian energy facilities.
Also over the weekend, Trump announced anenergy ceasefire, insisting that both parties had agreed, while Zelensky denied those reports and the Kremlin did not confirm it.
A White House official told Axios the proposal coveredonly oil refineries, "refinery for refinery." Zelensky said Monday that Russia had already violated that.
Trump'sOctober 9 diesel postlists the volumes (300,000 tons immediately, 500,000 in November, 1 million after that) and mentions neither strikes nor a ceasefire.
| Product | Price | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Brent Crude | $102.14/bbl | +0.34% |
| WTI Crude | $96.90/bbl | +0.21% |
| EN590 Diesel | $846/MT | +0.18% |
| Jet Fuel A-1 | $1090/MT | +0.55% |
| Mazut M100 | $450/MT | -0.15% |
| Bitumen 60/70 | $470/MT | +0.08% |
| Sulphur Gran 99.5% | $470/MT | -0.44% |
| Urea 46% Gran | $650/MT | +1.12% |
| NPK 16-16-16 | $460/MT | -0.28% |
| Nat Gas TTF | $15.42/MMBtu | +0.92% |
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