Night of terror in Kiev, 18 dead. EU delegation headquarters hit
Kiev/Brussels (ANSA) – Massive Russian attack on Ukraine during the night. A total of 629 drones and missiles struck the country. Kiev was also hit. Ukrainian authorities have reported that the number of people killed in the massive overnight Russian attack has risen to 18, including 4 children. According to Kiev, the overnight attack by Russia on Ukraine was carried out with a total of 629 drones and missiles.
Of these, 598 were drones and 31 missiles, the military air force stated, targeting 13 locations in Ukraine. This is the largest attack on the Ukrainian capital since July 31, when more than 30 people were killed. The bombings also hit the building housing the EU delegation in Kiev.
The President of the European Council Antonio Costa expressed that he was “horrified by yet another night of deadly Russian missile attacks against Ukraine” and spoke of a “deliberate Russian attack” on the EU delegation building. “The EU – he wrote on X – will not be intimidated.” The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen reported that she spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and U.S. President Donald Trump following the attack on Kiev.
“Putin must sit at the negotiating table,” she wrote on X, emphasizing the need to “ensure a just and lasting peace for Ukraine with solid and credible security guarantees that turn the country into a steel porcupine.” “Europe – she added – will fully do its part. Our Safe defense tool, for example, will be important to strengthen the brave Ukrainian armed forces.”
The High Representative for Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas announced that she summoned the Russian envoy in Brussels to protest: ‘No diplomatic mission should ever be a target,’ she wrote in a tweet. The British government also summoned the Russian ambassador in London regarding the damage to the British Council’s premises.
Russia continues its military operation in Ukraine but “maintains its interest in continuing the negotiation process, to achieve the objectives we have ahead through political-diplomatic means,” said the Kremlin, which, contradicted by images of damage to cities, claimed to have targeted “military industries and air bases” in Ukraine (August 28).
