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Russia’s deadliest attack in Kyiv kills 23, draws EU, UK backlash as they summon Russian envoys

Ukraine’s Interior Minister, Ihor Klymenko, said that among those killed are four children after a residential building in the eastern Darnytskyi district overnight

The death toll in Russia’s deadly and second-most devastating attack in Ukraine, which hit the offices of the British Council and the EU in Kyiv, has gone up to 23. Britain and the European Union have summoned Russian envoys after the airstrikes.

Ukraine’s Interior Minister, Ihor Klymenko, said that among those killed are four children after a residential building in the eastern Darnytskyi district overnight. A second blast at a different location in Kyiv’s central Shevchenkivskyi district killed another person hours later, leaving buildings and offices severely damaged, including the British Council and EU offices.

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