Double-tap attack on Kyiv<\/strong><\/p>\nAlso overnight into Friday, four people were killed and 19 were injured in the capital Kyiv during a massive missile and drone attack by Russia.<\/p>\n
A paramedic was among those killed as a result of a double-tap strike, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. <\/p>\n
“One paramedic died, and four were injured while assisting people in the Darnytskyi district,” he said.<\/p>\n
Several neighbourhoods in Ukraine\u2019s capital were affected, while residential buildings sustained damage from the attack, Kyiv City Military Administration head Tymur Tkachenko said. <\/p>\n
In Desnyanskyi district, a drone crashed onto the roof of a multi-story building. The first two floors of a residential building in the same district were also damaged in the attack.<\/p>\n
In Dnipro district, drone parts damaged a multi-story building and a fire broke out.<\/p>\n
Running water and electricity were disrupted in parts of the capital as a result of the attack, Klitschko added.<\/p>\n
Moscow launched a total of 36 missiles and 242 drones of various types, including 8 Iskander ballistic missiles and 10 Kalibr cruise missiles.<\/p>\n
Ukraine’s air force had earlier warned of a ballistic missile threat and reported that drones were heading towards the capital.<\/p>\n
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had also alerted the nation regarding Russian attempts at a large-scale offensive on Thursday evening. <\/p>\n
He said that Russia aimed to take advantage of the frigid weather in the capital which has led to roads being icy and slippery, and called on people to seek protection in bomb shelters during raid alerts.<\/p>\n
Russia\u2019s peace signals<\/strong><\/p>\nMoscow launched its attack amid the US-led efforts to put an end to Moscow\u2019s all-out war against Ukraine. <\/p>\n
Zelenskyy said that although Russia\u2019s primary target was Ukraine\u2019s civil infrastructure and energy facilities, the Qatari embassy building was also damaged by a Russian drone last night. <\/p>\n
\u201cQatar is a country that is doing so much to mediate with Russia to free prisoners of war and civilians held in Russian prisons,” the Ukrainian president said.<\/p>\n
Ukraine\u2019s foreign minister also showed photos from inside the embassy of Qatar in Kyiv after Russian attack. <\/p>\n
Zelenskyy further called for \u201ca clear response from the world,” first and foremost from the US. <\/p>\n
\u201cRussia must receive signals that it is its duty to focus on diplomacy and feel the consequences every time it focuses on killings and destruction of infrastructure,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n
He also said that the latest Russian strike serves as a \u201cloud reminder\u201d to all Kyiv\u2019s partners that \u201csupport for Ukraine’s air defence is a constant priority\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe cannot afford to lose a single day in supply, production or negotiations.\u201d<\/p>\n
Earlier, Ukraine\u2019s foreign minister Andrii Sybiha said Ukraine is initiating urgent meetings of the UN Security Council, the Ukraine-NATO Council, as well as responses within the EU, the Council of Europe, and the OSCE.<\/p>\n
\u201cSuch a strike close to EU and NATO border is a grave threat to the security on the European continent and a test for the transatlantic community.\u201d <\/p>\n
On Thursday, Moscow rejected the \u201cCoalition of the Willing\u201d Paris meeting conclusions regarding security guarantees for Ukraine and threatened the European countries that are willing to deploy their forces in Ukraine after the ceasefire and a peace agreement. <\/p>\n
Russia\u2019s foreign ministry called the European peacekeeping forces a \u201clegitimate target\u201d for Russia.<\/p>\n
Moscow also said the talks’ conclusions and statements were far from anything Russia could possibly accept. <\/p>\n
EU condemns Russia’s Oreshnik attack<\/strong><\/p>\nBrussels has since condemned the Russian attack and Moscow\u2019s use of the Oreshnik missile. <\/p>\n
The EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said the strike shows that \u201cPutin doesn’t want peace\u201d. <\/p>\n
“Russia\u2019s reply to diplomacy is more missiles and destruction. This deadly pattern of recurring major Russian strikes will repeat itself until we help Ukraine break it,” Kallas said on X. <\/p>\n
Russia\u2019s use of the Oreshnik missile was a \u201cclear escalation against Ukraine and meant as a warning to Europe and to the US,” she concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In one of its largest barrages involving dozens of drones and missiles, Russia attacked Ukraine overnight on Friday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":684653,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7654],"tags":[2000,299,41677,336,657,335],"class_list":{"0":"post-684652","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ukraine","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-missile-attack","11":"tag-russias-invasion-of-ukraine","12":"tag-ukraine","13":"tag-war-in-ukraine"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115865632371495694","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684652","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=684652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/684653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=684652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=684652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=684652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}