Zelensky says Russia struck Kharkiv's CHP-5 power plant hours after Trump's energy truce

Russia struck the CHP-5 thermal power plant in Kharkiv on the evening of 11 October, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, only hours after US President Donald Trump announced an "energy ceasefire" between Russia and Ukraine. Details of the damage and any casualties have not yet been made public.

"There was just a strike on CHP-5 in the city of Kharkiv, on energy," Zelensky said, according to Ukrainska Pravda and LB.ua. Kharkiv is Ukraine's second-largest city, in the north-east of the country, close to the Russian border. CHP stands for combined heat and power plant, a facility that supplies both electricity and heating.

Zelensky: attacks continued through the day

Zelensky said Russia had not stopped its attacks, including those on Ukrainian energy infrastructure. "Unfortunately, Russian Shaheds were in the sky throughout the whole day today, and there are Shaheds in the sky now too," he said. "And there were strikes, unfortunately, with aerial bombs, there were strikes on our energy."

Shaheds are Iranian-designed attack drones that Russia launches against Ukrainian cities and infrastructure.

In a separate statement about his call with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Zelensky said that shortly before the call Russia had hit a power plant in Kyiv with a Shahed drone, leaving many districts without power. He said energy facilities in the Kharkiv region were struck later. He stressed that this happened after the US president's statement on the ceasefire. These claims come from Zelensky and could not be independently verified.

Kyiv says it is ready to hold fire on Russian energy

Earlier on 11 October, Zelensky said Ukraine was ready to refrain from striking Russian energy facilities and expected Russia to show the same readiness. "The Armed Forces of Ukraine have received all the relevant orders," he said. "We are defending Ukraine. We are fighting for support for Ukraine. We support all steps by partners that can help us. We are waiting for clear details of America's dialogue with Russia and for Putin to do what President Trump said."

Trump announced the truce at around 14:25 UTC on 11 October and said it took effect immediately. Russia has not publicly confirmed that it agreed to it, and the terms have not been published. For that reason, Zelensky's account describes attacks that took place after the US announcement. It does not establish that Russia broke an agreed commitment. No reaction from Moscow or Washington to the reported strike was available at the time of writing. Earlier RealUA reports cover Trump's announcement and Zelensky's backing for the truce.

Outage schedules remain in force

Restrictions on electricity use remain in place. For Monday, 12 October, consumption limits will apply in some regions of Ukraine, LB.ua reported. From 06:00 to 23:59, power-limit schedules will apply to industry and business. Hourly outage schedules will apply to all consumer categories, covering between 0.5 and 1.5 "queues", the groups into which households are divided for rotating outages.