Zelensky Says Kyiv Had No Warning Before Missile Strike

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Kyiv received no advance warning from its partners before five Russian ballistic missiles struck civilian infrastructure in the capital on October 12. He did not identify which partners he expected to provide an alert or accuse a specific country of withholding information. The missiles hit Kyiv on Monday night, and air-raid sirens sounded after explosions, according to accounts of the attack. In a social-media post, Zelensky said advance intelligence about Russian ballistic missile launches can help save lives. The accounts provided no confirmed casualty figure for the Kyiv strike. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said intelligence sharing with the United States was continuing. Speaking at the Warsaw Security Forum on Tuesday, he attributed the delayed alert to the type of weapon Russia used. His explanation addressed the timing of the air-raid alert but did not establish why no advance warning from partners reached Kyiv. U.S. President Donald Trump also said the United States was still sharing intelligence with Ukraine. His remarks and Sybiha’s statement came amid reports of U.S.