Kyiv says partners gave no warning before Russian missile strike

Ukraine says it received no advance warning from its partners before Russian ballistic missiles struck civilian infrastructure in Kyiv late on Monday, October 12. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said [five missiles hit the capital](https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-zelenkyy-no-warning-missile-strike-10c54e55f31aded2db95242fdb4fd153). The Air Force gave a preliminary count of six missiles detected by radar only after the attack had begun; air-raid sirens and phone alerts came once the strike was under way, [Hromadske reported](https://hromadske.ua/en/war/272414-ukraine-received-no-advance-warning-of-russian-ballistic-missile-launches-before-kyiv-attack-air-force-says). The missile count and type have not been independently reconciled. The gap matters because ballistic missiles can reach targets within minutes, leaving little time for residents to get to shelters. Zelenskyy said advance intelligence helps save lives. The Air Force says it received no information about launches from Russian territory and hopes to investigate with international partners why the warning arrived late. That does not establish that Washington stopped sharing intelligence. Zelenskyy did not identify which partners failed to provide a warning. President Donald Trump said the U.S. was still sharing intelligence, and Ukraine’s foreign minister Andrii Sybiha said cooperation with Washington continued, attributing the gap to the type of weapon Russia used, [Euronews reported](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/13/could-the-us-cut-ukraine-off-from-vital-military-intelligence-again). The [Kyiv Independent, citing Ukrainian and American sources](https://kyivindependent.com/as-russian-missiles-slip-through-kyivs-air-defenses-without-warning-officials-say-us-intelligence-remains-intact-for-now/), also reported no decision to suspend intelligence sharing. Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation [urged people not to treat claims of a wider cutoff as confirmed](https://hromadske.ua/en/war/272414-ukraine-received-no-advance-warning-of-russian-ballistic-missile-launches-before-kyiv-attack-air-force-says). The cause remains under review: officials have not said whether the delay came from detection, the weapon’s characteristics or how information was relayed. The Air Force says it will examine the incident with partners. Zelenskyy’s [statement on X](https://x.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/2109938658576887917) refers to this strike; it is not evidence of a broader intelligence-sharing suspension. ~worldnews ~ukraine