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Overnight on October 12-13, Russia struck Kyiv with ballistic missiles and drones, hitting the CHPP-4 power plant, a residential building, and other sites across the city. President Zelensky said Ukraine received no advance warning from Western partners before the strikes for the second time in two days, and Ukraine's Air Force said radar systems only detected the missiles as the attack was already underway, prompting an investigation into the warning failure. Casualties included a kindergarten teacher killed and her husband severely injured, two people killed in a separate drone strike on an apartment block, and additional residents injured by falling drone debris in Kyiv parks and districts. The bombardment was part of a broader pattern described by residents as near-constant air raid alerts since late August, with dozens killed and hundreds injured in the capital over recent months. Zelensky called the attacks evidence that Russia is not observing any de-escalation, and reports described this as one of several mass-casualty strikes against Ukrainian cities in the same week, raising pressure on allies over intelligence-sharing and air defense gaps ahead of winter.