Kiev\/Brussels (ANSA) \u2013 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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
The President of the European Council Antonio Costa<\/strong> expressed that he was \u201chorrified by yet another night of deadly Russian missile attacks against Ukraine\u201d and spoke of a \u201cdeliberate Russian attack\u201d on the EU delegation building. \u201cThe EU \u2013 he wrote on X \u2013 will not be intimidated.\u201d The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen<\/strong> reported that she spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and U.S. President Donald Trump following the attack on Kiev.<\/p>\n \u201cPutin must sit at the negotiating table,\u201d she wrote on X, emphasizing the need to \u201censure a just and lasting peace for Ukraine with solid and credible security guarantees that turn the country into a steel porcupine.\u201d \u201cEurope \u2013 she added \u2013 will fully do its part. Our Safe defense tool, for example, will be important to strengthen the brave Ukrainian armed forces.\u201d<\/p>\n The High Representative for Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas<\/strong> announced that she summoned the Russian envoy in Brussels to protest: \u2018No diplomatic mission should ever be a target,\u2019 she wrote in a tweet. The British government also summoned the Russian ambassador in London regarding the damage to the British Council\u2019s premises.<\/p>\n Russia continues its military operation in Ukraine but \u201cmaintains its interest in continuing the negotiation process, to achieve the objectives we have ahead through political-diplomatic means,\u201d said the Kremlin, which, contradicted by images of damage to cities, claimed to have targeted \u201cmilitary industries and air bases\u201d in Ukraine (August 28).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kiev\/Brussels (ANSA) \u2013 Massive Russian attack on Ukraine during the night. A total of 629 drones and missiles…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":382211,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[2000,299,5187],"class_list":{"0":"post-382210","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eu","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-european"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115111617109624614","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/382211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}