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Overnight Russian attack on Kyiv – in picturesUkrainian rescuers conduct a search and rescue operation in and around a residential building heavily damaged during a large-scale Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv. Photograph: Genya Savilov/AFP/Getty ImagesUkraine firefighters put out a fire on a residential building heavily damaged during a large-scale Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv. Photograph: Genya Savilov/AFP/Getty ImagesA woman reacts near a building housing the local branch of the British Council, as she stands at the site of an apartment building hit during Russian drone and missile strikes on Kyiv. Photograph: ReutersShareMorning opening: ‘Massive’ Russian attack hits Kyiv, EU delegation building
Jakub Krupa
Russian airstrikes have killed at least twelve people in a succession of attacks on Kyiv overnight and wounded dozens more in the most deadly night raid on the Ukrainian capital for several weeks.
A residential building is seen damaged by a Russian strike on residential neighbourhood in Kyiv, Ukraine. Photograph: Evgeniy Maloletka/AP
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who revealed that a child was among the dead, said the attacks showed that Russia had no intention of negotiating an end the war, despite the recent intervention of US president Donald Trump.
The EU’s enlargement commissioner, Marta Kos, said the EU delegation in Kyiv was also damaged by the strikes.
“I strongly condemn these brutal attacks, a clear sign that Russia rejects peace & chooses terror. Our full solidarity goes to EU staff, their families, & all Ukrainians enduring this aggression,” she said.
The attack comes amid growing doubts over whether Russia is genuinely interested in continuing the Trump-led peace process, which was discussed with Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, Alaska, as European leaders call it out as delay tactics that lead to nowhere.
We should hear more about it later today, with the European Commission set to brief journalists at its usual midday briefing.
Separately, EU defence and foreign ministers are meeting in Copenhagen tonight ahead an informal meeting focused on discussing the bloc’s next steps on Ukraine, with security guarantees high on the agenda.
I will bring you all the key updates here.
It’s Thursday, 28 August 2025, it’s Jakub Krupa here, and this is Europe Live.
Good morning.
Updated at 03.57 EDT