Russian missiles pound Ukraine, damage EU and British offices

KYIV — Russia pounded Ukraine with deadly missiles and drone strikes early on Thursday in a sweeping attack that the U.S. special envoy on Ukraine said undermined U.S. President Donald Trump's peace efforts. At least 23 people were killed in the capital, Tymur Tkachenko, head of Kyiv's military administration, said on Telegram. As of 11 p.m. (2000 GMT) rescue efforts were still underway. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump "was not happy about this news, but he was also not surprised," given that the two countries had been at war for a long time. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the strike, the second-largest attack since Russia launched a full-scale invasion in February 2022, was Moscow's answer to diplomatic efforts to end its war. U.S. special envoy Keith Kellogg commented on X: "The targets? Not soldiers and weapons but residential areas in Kyiv — blasting civilian trains, the EU & British mission council offices, and innocent civilians." The European Union and Britain summoned Russian envoys to protest. There were no reports of casualties at eitherWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times