European leaders outraged after Russian strikes kill 21 and damage EU’s HQ

The President of the European Union Executive Commission Ursula von Der Luyen mentioned Russia’s anger in the most deadly attack in Kiev since July – this has damaged the EU’s office in the Ukrainian capital.

Ukrainian officials said that at least 21 people, including four children, were killed and dozens of more injured in the bombing.

A five -storey housing building was destroyed and the EU mission and the nearby British Council were damaged.

In a statement that was definitely expressed, Von der Luyen said that Russian missiles were close to the diplomatic mission: “In 20 seconds, two missiles hit 50 meters (165ft) from the delegation.”

The Ukrainian forces said Russia fired about 600 drones and more than 30 ballistic and cruise missiles – the biggest attack on the capital this month.

Most of the murdered were located in the five -storey residential building in the Southeast Darnytskyi region in the left bank of Kiev.

A missile tears from the block of the apartments at about 03:00 and caused it to collapse.

Diggers took rubble and rescue workers climbed on the burning parts of the building seeking survivors.

Authorities said that three of the killed children were two, 14 and 17 years old. A few other young people were injured.

The nightgowns followed a US -led diplomatic attack, aiming to end the war and aims to infiltrate Britain and the EU.

British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, Russia’s Vladimir Putin “sabotaging the hope of peace”, while the EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas “increasing and imitating peace efforts,” he said they showed.

In Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, reiterating the need for “new, challenging sanctions”, said Moscow chose “ballistic instead of the negotiation table”.

Although the Kremlin said that Russia is still interested in negotiations, Von der Leyn said that the strikes would “not stop Russia” from anything to terrorize Ukraine “, killing men, women and children, and even targeted the EU.

The US special ambassador Keith Kellogg in Ukraine said that Russia’s “brutal attacks” in the settlements threatened the peace that President Donald Trump followed.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Russia’s “re -showing its real face” and the fact that the EU delegation came under fire is an indication of the increasing brazenness of the Kremlin.

Zelensky said that the attack on the cities and communities of Ukraine was an open response to the caller from the Kremlin for weeks and months for “cease -fire and real diplomacy”.

The wave of missiles came after more than 100,000 Ukrainian houses were left weak by drone attacks on the Russian energy infrastructure on Wednesday. Authorities, in the last attacks in the central Vinnytsia region 60,000 consumers remained weak, he said.

The Russian forces also hit a Ukrainian sea ship, killed a member of the crew and wounded others. The Russian Defense Ministry claimed that the Ukrainian army has made any details on where the attack took place, but claimed that he used an unmanned speed boat to target Simferopol at the mouth of the Danube.

António Costa, President of the Council of Europe, said that he was “horrified” from his latest Russian attacks In Kiev.

Encouraging cultural relations with other countries, the British Council, which is in the same block as the EU’s mission, said its office has been seriously damaged and will be closed to visitors until the next announcement.

Ursula von leyen announced that the EU has prepared a 19th sanction package for Russia and will visit seven EU member states that shared borders with Russia and its ally Belarus in the next few days.

The Commission said he would go to Latvia and Finland on Friday before going to Estonia, Poland, Bulgaria, Lithuania and Romania.

President Trump hoped to organize a summit about Zelensky and Russia’s Vladimir Putin to end the war, but these efforts stopped.

He first met Putin Before interviewing in Alaska Zelensky and European leaders In Washington.

The President of the Ukraine supported the movement, but the Kremlin reduced the chance of a Putin-Zelensky summit.

Despite the latest setbacks, US officials will meet with a Ukrainian delegation in New York on Friday. Zelensky said that they will discuss the “military, political and economic components of security guarantees” for Ukraine.

Ukraine works with its European allies on guarantees aiming to prevent future Russian attacks in the event of a peace agreement. Zelensky had negotiations with Adm Sir Tony Radakin, the President of the Armed Forces in Kiev this week.

Russia says it will not accept European troops on the ground, and that discussing them without Moscow’s participation is “the way to anywhere”.