At least one person has been killed and several embassies have been damaged in an early morning Russian missile attack on Ukraine\u2019s capital Kyiv. <\/p>\n
The Kyiv City Military Administration confirmed the death in a post on Telegram, adding that 12 others have been injured. Of those injured, five were hospitalized while the rest were treated at the scene. <\/p>\n
According to Ukraine\u2019s Air Force Command, Russia fired five ballistic missiles at Kyiv at around 7 a.m. on Friday. Ukrainian air defenses shot down all five missiles. In addition, 40 UAVs were shot down, and another 20 drones did not reach their targets, according to the command. However, falling debris caused damage and injuries in the city center, officials said. <\/p>\n
In one district, an office building, road surface and gas pipe were damaged, and five cars caught fire, Serhiy Popko, head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, said on Telegram. In another district, a fire broke out at the site of a building under construction. <\/p>\n
Several embassies housed in the same building were damaged, according to Ukraine\u2019s foreign ministry, with a spokesperson, Heorhii Tykhyi, calling the attack \u201cbarbaric.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cThese are the embassies of Albania, Argentina, Palestine, North Macedonia, Portugal and Montenegro,\u201d Tykhyi told a media briefing. \u201cWindows and doors were smashed in the premises.\u201d <\/p>\n
Portugal said the facility suffered light damage and summoned the Russian charg\u00e9 d\u2019affaires to protest. <\/p>\n
Russia\u2019s defense ministry said it launched long-range missiles at Ukrainian military targets on Friday, in response to a Ukrainian attack targeting a chemical plant in Russia\u2019s Rostov region earlier this week. That attack was carried out using American-made ATACMS missiles, the ministry said. <\/p>\n
\u201cIn response to the actions of the Kyiv regime, supported by Western curators, this morning a group strike with long-range precision weapons was launched against the SBU command post, the Kyiv Luch design bureau, which designs and manufactures Neptune missile systems, Olkha ground-based cruise missiles, and the positions of the Patriot anti-aircraft missile system,\u201d Russia\u2019s Ministry of Defense wrote on Telegram. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe strike targets were achieved. All objects were hit,\u201d it added. <\/p>\n
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