Russian Attack Hits EU Delegation Building in Kyiv

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Russian Attack Hits EU Delegation Building in Kyiv

On Thursday morning, a Russian missile strike hit a building that houses the European Union’s delegation in Kyiv, causing significant damage, according to officials. No casualties have been reported so far.

The EU’s Ambassador to Ukraine Katarina Mathernova said the building was “severely damaged by the shock wave” of the “massive” barrage of drone and ballistic missile strikes Russia launched at Ukraine overnight, in which she said at least 10 people had been killed and 30 injured, The Caspian Post reports citing foreign media.

Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said Russia’s attack “targeted diplomats-in direct breach of the Vienna convention.”

He said the attack “requires not only the EU’s, but worldwide condemnation. We express solidarity with our EU colleagues and are ready to provide assistance.”

The EU’s foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas said Russia’s overnight attack was “a deliberate choice to escalate and mock the peace efforts.”

The strikes come as U.S. President Donald Trump is ramping up pressure on Russia’s Vladimir Putin, as he seeks to forge a peace deal to end the war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and some of his key European backers gathered in the White House on Aug. 18, days after a Trump-Putin summit in Alaska.

Ukraine has made Western-backed security guarantees a central demand in any settlement to prevent further Russian attacks. Work on those guarantees has accelerated.

“I strongly condemn these brutal attacks, a clear sign that Russia rejects peace & chooses terror,” the EU’s Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos said in a statement on social media.

“Our full solidarity goes to EU staff, their families, & all Ukrainians enduring this aggression,” she continued.

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On Thursday morning, a Russian missile strike hit a building that houses the European Union’s delegation in Kyiv, causing significant damage, according to officials. No casualties have been reported so far.