UK summons Russian ambassador over attacks on British Council building in Kyiv

By Aysu Bicer

LONDON (AA) - The UK has summoned the Russian ambassador over attacks on the British Council building in Kyiv.

"Putin’s strikes last night killed civilians, destroyed homes and damaged buildings, including the British Council and EU Delegation in Kyiv," UK Foreign Minister David Lammy said in a post shared on US social media company X.

"We have summoned the Russian Ambassador. The killing and destruction must stop," he added.

At least 14 people, including three children, were killed and 48 others injured in a Russian attack on Kyiv early Thursday, according to Ukrainian authorities.

The Kyiv City Prosecutor’s Office reported that the consequences of the morning strike were recorded in eight districts of the capital, including Darnytskyi, Dniprovskyi, Solomyanskyi, Shevchenkivskyi, Holosiivskyi, Obolonskyi, Svyatoshynskyi, and Desnyanskyi.

In the Darnytskyi district, part of a five-story residential building was destroyed, and rescue operations are underway to search for people trapped under the rubble. Windows in nearby high-rise buildings were shattered, cars were damaged, and private homes sustained destruction, the prosecutor’s office said.