Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia hit at least six energy targets in deadly strikes across Ukraine, showing Moscow is unwilling to accept the energy ceasefire announced by U.S. President Donald Trump.
A Russian missile strike on a residential high-rise in Kyiv killed one person and injured six others, according to Mayor Vitali Klitschko.
Klitschko said the attack sparked fires in apartments spanning from the ground floor to the eighth floor of the building.
Emergency services were evacuating residents from the upper levels as rescue operations continued.
A former Ukrainian military officer is due to stand trial in Germany on Wednesday over the 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines.
German prosecutors accuse the suspect, identified as Serhii K., of helping organise the operation that damaged three of the four pipelines in the Baltic Sea, cutting off a major route for Russian gas supplies to Europe. He denies any involvement, while Ukraine has also rejected allegations of state participation.
The trial marks the first public examination of evidence gathered during years of investigations into one of Europe's most significant infrastructure attacks and is expected to continue into next year.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, 13 October, that Washington is continuing to share intelligence with Ukraine as it seeks to bring the war with Russia to an end.
“We are helping them, and we are sharing intel,” Trump told reporters.
He added that the United States was working with both Ukraine and Russia to end the war.
MI5 Director General Ken McCallum says Russia is stepping up hybrid operations against Ukraine's allies, while Iran is increasingly seeking to target higher-value sites in Britain, including military facilities.
McCallum said more than 50 arrests linked to Iran-related operations had been made over the past year and described Russia as the UK's leading hostile state actor.
He also warned that artificial intelligence could amplify security threats, particularly through cyberattacks and the potential development of biological weapons.
Ukraine received no prior warning from its Western partners about a Russian ballistic missile attack on its capital overnight, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said.
He said Ukraine had not targeted Russian refineries since U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement of an energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine on Sunday.
However, he said Kyiv had not received the usual warning from allies of ballistic missile launches before a “particularly vile” attack on Kyiv overnight, in which five missiles hit civilian infrastructure.
Ukrainian authorities are taking urgent measures to bolster the resilience of Kyiv's electricity and water infrastructure in the face of Russian attacks, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said in a post on X.
"Today, I began consultations on urgent security and management steps to rectify the situation in the city, accelerate the implementation of Kyiv’s resilience plan, and ensure greater support for people," Zelenskyy said.
He added that the Ukrainian capital's resilience plan lagged behind those found in the rest of the country.
Ukraine has destroyed a missile repair base in western Russia and other sites, the country's General Staff said in a post on Telegram on Tuesday.
A radar station in the Bryansk region, western Russia, was also damaged in an attack, as well as a logistics depot in Russian-occupied Luhansk in eastern Ukraine, the country's General Staff said.
France has seized a tanker suspected of being part of Russia's 'shadow fleet,' used to bypass Western sanctions. The French military said it was escorting the vessel to the French overseas territory of Réunion in the Indian Ocean.
“We had doubts regarding the flag under which this vessel was sailing, so we carried out an inspection,” French Army Spokesman Colonel Xavier Rival told a news conference.
“Those doubts remain, and therefore the vessel is currently proceeding to Reunion Island by decision of the public prosecutor, so that we can examine the matter in detail," he added.
Moscow branded the seizure an act of "piracy" and a blatant violation of international law, state news agency RIA reported, citing Russia's embassy in France.
French President Emmanuel Macron said the move showed France's determination to "fight against all illegal trafficking," in a post on X on Monday evening.
Russia sees no "direct connection" between a deal with the U.S. temporarily suspending sanctions on Russian diesel exports and Moscow's stance on Ukraine peace talks, Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has said.
“I don’t see any direct connection here,” Peskov told a daily conference call with reporters.
“This is in fact a highly mutually beneficial area of Russian-American cooperation. It serves the interests of the United States, the global energy markets, and the Russian Federation. That is why it is happening," he added.
Peskov was commenting on a Reuters story, which reported that U.S. President Donald Trump's envoys had told Ukrainian officials on Friday that the deal to allow Russian diesel exports was part of an attempt to draw Russia back into negotiations over a possible peace settlement in Ukraine.
Ukraine didn't receive any early warnings from Russia about strikes on Kyiv overnight, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said in a post on X.
"Intelligence on Russian ballistic missile launches helps save lives, and this is one of the most critical issues. This is precisely what helps prevent people from being killed – when there is an early warning about ballistic missiles," he said.
Russia hit no Ukrainian targets on Tuesday for the first time since U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement of an "energy ceasefire,' according to a summary of daily strikes by Moscow's Defence Ministry.
The Ministry recap of overnight attacks made no mention of Ukrainian energy facilities.
Despite this, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy earlier said that Russia hit at least six energy targets in deadly strikes across Ukraine.
A Kremlin Spokesman, asked about the energy ceasefire, would only say that contacts were ongoing but declined to provide any further details.
Ukraine halted strikes on Russian oil refineries and its other energy infrastructure for two days following U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement of an energy ceasefire, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday.
But he said that Russia failed to refrain from strikes.
“During this time, the Russians have attacked both our energy facilities and our critical infrastructure, sending absolutely clear signals that they have no intention of refraining from strikes on Ukraine,” he said on X.
Ukraine continues to receive intelligence data from the United States, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on Tuesday, seeking to calm concerns after his country received no warnings before Russia fired ballistic missiles at Kyiv.
Speaking during the Warsaw Security Forum, Sybiha said Kyiv and Washington were continuing their cooperation. He reiterated an appeal for more air defence systems and also energy equipment supplies as Ukraine braces for another winter with Russia waging war on the country.
Russia has accused France of violating international law after the French Navy seized a tanker suspected of being part of Moscow’s shadow fleet. The Russian embassy in France described the seizure of the DF Peak as an act of “piracy”, according to the RIA news agency.
French President Emmanuel Macron said the vessel was intercepted and boarded 450 nautical miles south of Réunion on Monday. He said the tanker was suspected of sailing under a false flag and transporting fuel illegally.
The Russian embassy said it was investigating whether any Russian nationals were among the crew. It also claimed that French authorities had not notified Moscow about the seizure.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has condemned the attacks on ships off the coast of Bulgaria.
“The Black Sea has become another front of escalation of the Russian war in Ukraine,” she said on X. “Those responsible should be held accountable.”
Bulgarian officials have said 11 sailors are missing at sea after a ship was sunk by a drone attack off the Bulgarian coast.
Bulgarian media identified the vessel as the cargo ship Azov Concord. Its Türkiye-based manager was not immediately available for comment.
Two cargo ships were hit by drones overnight and one was sunk, Bulgarian officials said.
The other ship, the Chelsea 3, was struck at around 1:30am local time by three drones. All 15 crew members, seven Ukrainian and eight Azerbaijani, have been rescued, Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev said.
Bulgaria has stopped short of explicitly accusing Russia of carrying out the attacks but Radev said their outcome “benefits the Russian Federation.”
Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev has said he will summon the country's Russian Ambassador after two ships, one of them Ukrainian-owned, were struck in Bulgaria's territorial waters.
Radev said that there was a lack of “clear and conclusive evidence" to attribute responsibility to either side, but said that the logic suggested the outcome benefitted Russia.
One of the ship's, the Chelsea 3, was struck at around 01:30am local time by three drones. All 15 crew members, seven Ukrainian and eight Azerbaijani, have been rescued, Radev added.
The European Union is adding 1,600 individuals and companies to its Russia sanctions list in the biggest expansion of the register since the start of the Ukraine conflict.
EU Foreign Policy Chief Kaja Kallas announced the new sanctions in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg on Monday.
Russia has hit a ship delivering military cargo to Ukraine's southern port city of Mykolaiv, Moscow's Defence Ministry has said in a statement on Telegram.
A logistics centre in the region and a drones depot was also hit, the Ministry said.
Residents were seen at the site of apartment buildings damaged by a Russian jet-powered drone strike in Kharkiv on 12 October.
The strikes were part of a wider Russian attack across Ukraine that Ukrainian officials said hit at least six energy targets. Three people were killed and nine injured in Kharkiv, according to local officials.
Two ships were hit by drones in the Black Sea about 24 kilometres off Bulgaria’s coast, with one vessel sinking, Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev said.
Radev did not provide details on the ships’ origins, cargo or the possible source of the drones. The incident follows several similar attacks on commercial vessels in the Black Sea in recent weeks, including a deadly incident involving a Turkish-owned cargo ship carrying Ukrainian grain.
“This is absolutely unacceptable — another attack in the immediate vicinity of Bulgarian territorial waters,” Radev said.
Falling drone debris damaged an industrial area in Russia’s Nevinnomyssk in the southern Stavropol region, Governor Vladimir Vladimirov said.
In Ukraine, Russian drones damaged a cargo terminal in the port city of Mykolaiv overnight, according to Acting Regional Governor Heorhii Reshetilov.
An explosion was heard in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv early Tuesday, according to a Reuters witness.
The blast comes a day after Russia struck at least six energy targets across Ukraine. Three bodies were also recovered from the rubble in Kharkiv following Monday’s attack, Mayor Ihor Terekhov said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia targeted at least six energy installations during strikes across Ukraine, including a gas facility and a petrol station.
He said the attacks showed Moscow was unwilling to respect the energy ceasefire announced by U.S. President Donald Trump.
The Kremlin had on Monday rejected a 60-day ceasefire idea proposed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to allow his country to hold presidential elections, saying it wanted an overall peace deal instead.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an energy ceasefire, despite both sides not publicly confirming the arrangement.
Asked why the two countries had not confirmed the agreement, Trump said: “They agreed. You know why? Because I said you agree — that’s why.” He added that the ceasefire “has to get settled.”
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