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Key updates Russia Hits Kyiv Power Plant, Killing One, Injuring 13 – Zelensky Sounds Alarm Over Missing Allied Warnings 12 Senators Sign Bipartisan Letter Urging Trump to Rescind Russian Diesel Deal Russia struck Kyiv’s CHP-4 power plant and a nine-story residential building late Tuesday, killing at least one person and injuring 13. President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine received no advance warning from Western partners for the second consecutive night, while intelligence indicated Russia was preparing further ballistic missile launches. Russian ballistic missiles struck Kyiv’s CHP-4 power plant and a nine-story residential building late Tuesday, Oct. 13, killing at least one person and injuring 13, as President Volodymyr Zelensky warned of further Russian attacks. The missiles hit the capital at approximately 10:40 p.m., targeting one of Kyiv’s main energy facilities, according to Zelensky. Ukraine received no advance warning from its Western partners, the president said, marking the second consecutive night that Russian ballistic missiles reached the capital without allied notification. Twelve US senators – six Republicans and six Democrats – signed a joint letter urging US President Donald Trump on Monday, Oct. 13 to rescind his Oct. 9 diesel arrangement with Russian President Vladimir Putin. They called it a betrayal of Ukraine and demanded the president to enforce the new Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, signed by Trump just three weeks before striking the deal with the Kremlin leader. A bipartisan group of 12 US senators signed a joint letter on Tuesday, Oct. 13, urging US President Donald Trump to rescind his diesel agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin, calling it a gift to Moscow and a betrayal of Ukraine. The letter, led by Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal, was signed by six Republican and six Democratic senators. The Republican senators include Thom Tillis, Susan M. Collins, Alan Stuart Armstrong, Lisa Murkowski, Christopher A. Coons and John Cornyn. Blumenthal was joined on the Democratic side by Jeanne Shaheen, Richard J. Durbin, Sheldon Whitehouse, Jack Reed and Mitch McConnell.