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ARTICLE VIEW:
Putin accused of ‘sabotaging’ peace efforts after diplomatic
buildings hit in massive assault on Ukraine
By Laura Sharman, Svitlana Vlasova, Daria Tarasova-Markina, Catherine
Nicholls, Betsy Klein
Updated:
1:49 AM EDT, Fri August 29, 2025
Source: CNN
European leaders expressed outrage after Kyiv was bombarded by
Russia’s second-biggest aerial attack since its full-scale invasion
of Ukraine, with at least 23 people killed, including four children,
according to officials.
Buildings belonging to the European Union and the British Council were
damaged in the strikes into Thursday, causing both the EU and the
United Kingdom to summon the top Russian diplomats in their capitals.
Among those killed were children aged 2, 17 and 14, according to Tymur
Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv City Military Administration. The vast
majority of those killed – 22 – died in a strike on a five-storey
building in the Darnytskyi district, according to emergency services.
Ukraine’s air force said that the Kremlin unleashed 629 air attack
weapons on the country overnight, comprising 598 drones and 31
missiles.
Yuriy Ihnat, head of communications for the air force, told CNN that
the strikes comprised “one of the largest combined attacks” on the
country.
Russia’s defense ministry said it struck “military-industrial
complex enterprises and military air bases in Ukraine” using
“high-precision weapons.”
Ukrainian authorities said hundreds of responders were sent to
incidents in multiple locations, including a building used by the EU
mission to Ukraine and the British Council.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha accused Moscow of targeting
diplomats “in direct breach of the Vienna convention” and called
for “worldwide condemnation” in a statement on X.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that she was
“outraged” by the incident, calling it “another grim reminder of
what is at stake.”
“These Russian missiles and attack drones today are a clear response
to everyone in the world who, for weeks and months, has been calling
for a ceasefire and for real diplomacy,” he said in an earlier post.
The EU chief spoke to both Zelensky and US President Donald Trump
following the strikes, von der Leyen added in a , also stating that
Russian President Vladimir Putin “must come to the negotiating
table.”
The EU mission, which has been based in Kyiv since 1993, works to
“promote the political and economic relations” between Ukraine and
the EU, among other mandates, according to its website.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, said Putin was “killing children and
civilians, and sabotaging hopes of peace.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr called the assault a “horrific and
deliberate killing of civilians” in a on X. “It shows that the
Kremlin will stop at nothing to terrorize Ukraine, blindly killing
civilians, men, women and children, and even targeting the European
Union,” she said.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that Moscow was still
interested in peace talks, but emphasized that the “special military
operation,” Russia’s way of describing the war, “continues.”
Trump was “not happy” but “not surprised” by the strikes, the
White House said Thursday, adding that he was watching the developments
“intently.” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told
reporters that Trump wants the war to end, but both Putin and Zelensky
“must want it to end as well.”
The White House’s special envoy for Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, also
condemned the overnight strikes, that “these egregious attacks
threaten the peace that (Trump) is pursuing.”
‘I looked up – the roof was gone’
Vitaliy Protsiuk, a resident of Kyiv, told CNN that his wife has been
missing since the attack.
The couple were getting ready to go to their building’s bomb shelter
when there was an “explosion,” Protsiuk said.
“I was buried,” he continued. “When I came out, everything was
covered in dust and smoke. I looked up – the roof was gone, and the
floors from the fourth to the first were completely destroyed.
“As of now, my wife hasn’t been found. Her phone doesn’t respond.
She’s not listed anywhere. I don’t know… we’re still
searching,” Protsiuk added.
Residents endured an air raid alert lasting more than nine hours
overnight, according to interior minister Ihor Klymenko.
Agency pictures showed locals flocking once more to subway stations
where many spent the night. Residents were advised to “stay in
shelters” during the strikes and the all-clear was announced shortly
before 7am local time.
The major attack on Ukraine’s capital comes just over two weeks after
Trump held with Putin, seeking to secure and end the war.
But momentum around the discussions has stalled, with no sign that a
bilateral meeting the White House has pushed between Zelensky and Putin
will take place.
On Wednesday, Andriy Yermak, the head of Zelensky’s office, and
Rustem Umerov, the secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and
Defense Council, met with Saudi Arabia’s defense minister to discuss
an end to the conflict.
A delegation from Ukraine is also set to meet US officials in New York
on Friday, according to Zelensky.
Meanwhile, Putin is set to travel to China next week to attend a
massive military parade. Other guests will include North Korean leader
Kim Jong Un, as well as Russia-friendly European leaders such as
Aleksandar Vucic of Serbia and Slovakia’s Robert Fico.
The attack on Kyiv is the latest in a series of Russian assaults across
Ukraine this week.
Ukrainian open-source researchers confirmed on Tuesday that Russian
troops had in Ukraine’s southeastern Dnipropetrovsk region.
Russian forces now occupy the villages of Zaporizke and Novoheorhiivka,
according to DeepState, a group tracking battlefield developments.
Ukraine’s outmanned and outgunned military has struggled to fend off
grinding Russian advances in much of the east as Moscow increases
pressure on Kyiv to give up territory in any peace negotiations.
“Russia chooses ballistics instead of the negotiating table,”
Zelensky wrote in his message on X after the latest overnight attacks.
“It chooses to continue killing instead of ending the war. And this
means that Russia still does not fear the consequences.”
In his analysis of Russia’s latest strikes on Kyiv, Tkachenko said
the Kremlin has a typical “signature” which involves “combined
attacks from different directions” and targeting “ordinary
residential buildings.”
Decoy missiles were used as false targets to confuse Ukrainian defense
systems, the military chief added.
Several high-rise residential buildings were damaged, as well as a
kindergarten, private housing, non-residential blocks, offices,
transport infrastructure and dozens of cars, officials said.
Friday has been declared a day of mourning in Kyiv, according to city
authorities. Flags will be flown at half-mast, with entertainment
events canceled, it said.
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