Russia strikes Ukraine Security Service headquarters in central Kyiv
A Russian drone struck the Kyiv headquarters of Ukraine’s Security Service, the SBU, on Friday, in a rare direct hit on a key government building that highlights Ukraine’s dire shortages of air defenses. The daytime strike – the first time the SBU building has been hit in the four-and-a-half year conflict – came after days … The post Russia strikes Ukraine Security Service headquarters in central…
A Russian drone attacked the Kyiv headquarters of Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) on Friday, marking the first direct hit on a key government building during the four and a half year conflict. The daytime strike, the first of its kind, came after days of persistent aerial assaults on the Ukrainian capital. Twelve people were injured in the attack, though Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed that SBU chief Oleksandr Poklad was unharmed.
Zelensky instructed Poklad to deliver a proportional response against Russia. Since the attack began last month, at least 53 people have been killed and 134 injured in Kyiv city and the wider region. The SBU, like the FBI or MI5, investigates Russian crimes on Ukrainian soil, and sits at the heart of historical Kyiv.
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