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"The UK and European Union have summoned their Russian envoys after overnight
missile strikes on Kyiv killed at least 23 people and damaged the city’s
British Council and EU offices, in the deadliest aerial assault on the
Ukrainian capital since the Alaska summit between Vladimir Putin and Donald
Trump.
Four children were among those killed after a residential building in the
eastern Darnytskyi district was struck in the middle of the night, according to
Ukraine’s interior minister, Ihor Klymenko.
Hours later, another person died in a separate blast in Kyiv’s central
Shevchenkivskyi district, which left the buildings and offices severely
damaged, including those housing the EU delegation to Ukraine and the British
Council.
The incident marks the first time British government property has been caught
up in a Russian attack since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Ukraine’s air force said the nation had been targeted with 629 missiles and
drones overnight, one of the biggest aerial attacks mounted by Russia since the
February 2022 invasion. A wave of strikes could be heard from the city centre
after 3am and again, more loudly, shortly after 5.30am. Officials reported
impacts at more than 20 locations around Kyiv. A further 38 people were
wounded.
Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, said the strikes threatened
the US president’s proposals to end the war. “These egregious attacks threaten
the peace that [Trump] is pursuing,” Kellogg said on social media, noting that
they hit “innocent civilians” and EU and British missions in the Ukrainian
capital.
Trump was unhappy but “not surprised” at the attack, White House press
secretary Karoline Leavitt said, while urging “both sides” to end the war.
The Foreign Office in London summoned Russia’s ambassador to the UK, Andrey
Kelin, at 1pm, in direct response to the severe damage inflicted on the
building, government sources said.
“Putin’s strikes last night killed civilians, destroyed homes and damaged
buildings, including the British Council and EU Delegation in Kyiv,” the
foreign secretary, David Lammy, posted on X.
“We have summoned the Russian ambassador. The killing and destruction must
stop.”"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
