Russia continues to attack Ukrainian civilians. Hundreds of Russian missiles and drones fell on the night of Wednesday, August 28 on Thursday, August 28 in the residential areas of kyiv, killing at least 14. This new mass attack is shown according to Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, which Russia “prefers ballistic missiles instead of the negotiating table.”
At least 14 dead, including three children
Russia fired 598 drones and 31 ballistic and cruise missiles in Ukraine on Wednesday night to Thursday, the Ukraine Air Force announced. According to preliminary data, 563 combat drones and lure drones, as well as 26 missiles have been fired or scrambled.
According to kyiv military administration, the attack was carried out both using drones and ballistic missiles, cruises and hypersonic. The Ukrainian capital has been beaten in more than 20 places.
“Currently, we already know that 14 people were killed after the Russian attack, including 3 children,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
“The youngest girl was three years old,” kyiv Vitali Klitschko said to BFMTV.
The attack dug a five -story crater in a residential building, cutting the building in two, according to images published by President Zelensky. The windows of residential buildings and small businesses have been impressed. The mattress hung on balconies torn by strikes.
EU facilities and the United Kingdom affected
The European Union’s mission building was damaged during Russian attacks on kyiv, announced that the president of the European Council, Antonio Costa, said “horrified” by “Russian aggression that only strengthens our determination to support Ukraine and its people.”
“My thoughts go to the Ukrainian victims, as well as the personnel of the EU delegation in Ukraine, whose building was damaged during this Russian deliberate strike,” he wrote in X.
“This must be stopped: we will accentuate the pressure to end this massacre,” said French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot, publishing other images of European facilities.
“Within the European Union building, due to the effect of breathing, there is damage (…) but fortunately there is no victim,” said French ambassador to Ukraine Gaël Veyssière in BFMTV.
Not far from there, the British council office, a British cultural institution, has also been “severely damaged” and will be “closed to the public until new notice,” the British organization announced in its Facebook account.
Ukraine awaits a “reaction”
Volodymyr Zelensky deplored another massive attack against our cities on their social networks. “” He still murders, “the Ukrainian president wrote in Telegram.” Russia has no interest in diplomacy. Choose to continue killing instead of ending the war, “he threw himself three and a half years ago by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Ukraine awaits a “reaction” from the world and, in particular, new sanctions against Moscow, added to its president, calling Russia’s allies, such as China or Hungary, a member of the European Union, to adopt firm positions.
Emmanuel Macron denounces the Russian “barbarism”, shocked European leaders
The Russian attack caused strong reactions among European leaders. “629 missiles and drones in One Night on Ukraine: this is the will of the peace of Russia. Terror and barbarism,” said Emmanuel Macron in a message posted in X.
“Putin kills children, civil and sabotics the hopes of peace,” British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said in the same social network.
For the Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, “every Russian aggression in this unfair war is a new coup for peace. The attack on a diplomatic mission constitutes a new flagrant violation of international law.”
“While the world seeks a form of peace, Russia responds with missiles. The night attack against kyiv testifies a deliberate choice of climbing and mockery of peace efforts,” he also reacted to the head of European diplomacy, Kaja Kallas.
kyiv, far from the front and with important anti -avion defenses, has been relatively preserved of air attacks compared to other parts of the country. But the capital has been the goal of mortal strikes in recent months. At the end of July, Russian bombings left more than 30 dead in kyiv, one of the most mortal attacks in the city since the beginning of the Russian invasion. These strikes had pushed the president of the United States, Donald Trump, to increase pressure on Moscow. Then he met Vladimir Putin in Alaska on August 15, during a summit that finally gave rise to any progress towards peace.
Source: BFM TV
