Kremlin statements after the attack in which 18 civilians were killed. Russia has launched over 600 drones and rockets on Ukraine
The Kremlin made the first statements on Thursday after the massive attack on Kiev during the night who killed at least 18 people, including four children. At the same time, Russia hit the EU representation in Kiev and the British Council headquarters in the Ukrainian capital. The EU and the United Kingdom convened Russia's ambassadors in Brussels, respectively London.
Russia hit the profimia photo residential buildings
“The Russian armed forces fulfill their mission. They continue to attack military and paramilitary targets,” the spokesman of the Russian President, Dmitri Peskov, told the reporters. “At the same time, Russia remains interested in continuing the negotiation process, in order to achieve its objectives set by political and diplomatic means,” he added, according to Agerpres.
At the same time, the Kremlin rejected the criticisms of the European Union (EU) on the attack on the EU delegation in Kiev, claiming that the Russian army never attacks civil infrastructure.
“The Russian armed forces fulfill their missions. These, as it has already been said, continue to attack the military or quasi -military infrastructure,” said Peskov, quoted by Efe.
Russia has launched a record number of drones and rockets
In a statement, the Russian Ministry of Defense acknowledged on Thursday that during the night it attacked targets on the Ukrainian territory with Kinjal hypersonic rockets and missiles.
According to the statement, the Russian army has launched a combined attack using long -range precision weapons launched from aircraft and assault drones.
The target, according to the war report, posted on Telegram, were Ukrainian aerodromes and enemy military industrial installations.
However, the rockets and Russian bombs have hit residential buildings from several neighborhoods of the Ukrainian capital, Efe recalls.
Ukraine's air forces said the Kremlin has launched 598 drones and 31 missiles overnight.
Yuriy Ihnat, the head of the Air Force Communication Department, told CNN that the attacks were “one of the biggest combined attacks” on the country.
The air raid alert held nine hours better, according to the Interior Minister, Ihor Klymeko.
Several high residential buildings have been damaged, as well as a kindergarten, private homes, non -residential blocks, offices, transport infrastructure and dozens of cars, officials said.
Friday was declared mourning day in Kyiv, according to city authorities
British Council headquarters in Kyiv, hit in attack
The head of the EC, Ursula von der Leyen, spoke to both Zelenski and US President Donald Trump, wrote in an X post, stressing that Russian President Vladimir Putin “must come to the negotiation table.”
The community block convened on the Russian emissary in Brussels in response to the attack, announced Kaja Kallas, the head of EU diplomacy.
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A British Council building in Kiev was also damaged after the attack, according to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who said Putin “kills children and civilians and sabotages peace hopes.”
London summoned the Russian ambassador, said the British Foreign Secretary David Lammy, in a post on social networks, adding: “killing and destruction must cease.”
The Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, accused Moscow of aimed at diplomats “in violation of the Vienna Convention” and asked for “worldwide conviction” in a statement on X.
