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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Aletha Adu, Jessica Elgot, Jennifer Rankin in Brussels and Dan Sabbagh in Kyiv

At least 23 dead in overnight Kyiv attack as UK and EU summon Russian envoys

British Council Kyiv Vladimir Putin Russia European Union Missile United States Volodymyr Zelenksyy Ukraine Donald Trump
Exterior image of the British Council offices with missing glass in the windows and rubble on the ground
The British Council offices in Kyiv are thought to have been damaged by Russian missile shrapnel. Photograph: Alina Smutko/Reuters

The UK and European Union have summoned their Russian envoys after overnight missile strikes on Kyiv killed at least 23 people and damaged the city’s British Council and EU offices, in the deadliest aerial assault on the Ukrainian capital since the Alaska summit between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.

Four children were among those killed after a residential building in the eastern Darnytskyi district was struck in the middle of the night, according to Ukraine’s interior minister, Ihor Klymenko.

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