“Russia has never before shown such ostentatious disrespect toward the United States,” Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, after a night of relentless attacks on Ukraine’s infrastructure, despite Donald Trump’s claims of an energy ceasefire.
Ukrainian firefighters extinguish a blaze at the site of a Russian missile strike at an apartment building in Kyiv. Photograph: Genya Savilov/AFP/Getty Images“A targeted Russian ballistic missile strike specifically against energy infrastructure – the very infrastructure covered by the ceasefire announced by the American President. The strike was entirely deliberate and demonstrative in its scale,” he said.
At least 600,000 people were left without power this morning, with temperatures falling below 10 degrees Celsius in Kyiv.
Meanwhile, a senior aide to Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine has been left struggling after Starlink satellite connection speeds were apparently restricted, complicating military operations on the ground.
Serhii Beskrestnov, widely known by his call sign, Flash, said:
“Our defence forces received no warning about this restriction, and it led to the disruption of a number of missions. Clearly, this action cannot be a coincidence and is linked to the current political situation.”
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy is expected in London today for talks with the UK’s prime minister, Andy Burnham, so we will probably hear more from him.
Elsewhere, Nato’s secretary general Mark Rutte will visit Estonia this morning, and Germany’s embattled chancellor Friedrich Merz is scheduled to address the Bundestag with a statement on the EU and Ukraine this afternoon.
And Pope Leo had a “peaceful night” at Rome’s Gemelli hospital after yesterday’s surgery which confirmed lung adenocarcinoma, the most common form of lung cancer.
Pope Leo diagnosed with lung cancer as growth removed during surgeryRead moreLots to cover.
I will bring you all the updates throughout the day.
It’s Wednesday, 14 October 2026, it’s Jakub Krupa here, and this is Europe Live.
Good morning.
