Russia killed three in Kyiv and cut power to 600,000.

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian strikes killed three people in Kyiv and plunged hundreds of thousands into darkness overnight, Reuters reported Wednesday. President Volodymyr Zelensky said the attack damaged 30 energy facilities and left at least 600,000 people without power. He called it “ostentatious disrespect” for President Trump’s peace effort. The hours-long missile and drone barrage hit Kyiv and Kharkiv. Ukraine said it shot down four of 39 missiles.

Russia’s defense ministry said it struck four power plants in and around Kyiv and two in Kharkiv. Prime Minister Sergii Koretskyi said the attack also hit state railway facilities in five regions. Trump lifted sanctions on Russian diesel last week and said both sides had agreed to stop hitting energy sites. Neither Moscow nor Kyiv confirmed that bargain. The Washington Post reported that Zelensky put the barrage at 39 ballistic missiles and more than 120 drones.

Ostentatious disrespect.

The photograph shows men in a burned apartment block, a scorched panel hanging off the balcony. It is the building after the strike, not Zelensky, and not the power plant itself. The War desk files the night. The diesel waiver is Monday’s politics note.