The Argentine embassy in kyiv suffered damage after a new Russian attack on Ukraine with missiles

The Argentine embassy in kyiv and other diplomatic headquarters suffered damage to its facilities after a new Russian missile attack perpetrated this Friday in the center of the capital of Ukraine.

The Argentine headquarters is located on the sixth floor of a building located on the street Ivana Fedorova 12located about 5 kilometers southwest of the Mariyinsky Palace, the presidential residence of Volodymyr Zelensky’s government. The embassies of Portugal, Albania, North Macedonia, Palestine and Montenegro.

According to the Portuguese Foreign Minister, Paulo Rangel, no injuries were reported inside its embassy, ​​but there was “relatively minor” material damage to doors and windows. Until now, no statement had been issued from the Argentine headquarters.

“This is highly condemnable. Any attack by Russia on Ukraine and the city of kyiv deserves our strongest condemnation, but It is absolutely unacceptable that there could be attacks that impact or affect diplomatic facilities“exclaimed the minister, who said that they summoned the charge d’affaires of the Russian embassy in Lisbon to present a “formal protest”, since the ambassador is not in the capital.

According to their data, in the Portuguese facilities in kyiv Some windows and doors were broken. They were “affected.”

When asked about possible actions at the European level, Rangel alleged that first of all they are focused on providing a national response and that they will promote proceedings “at another level a little later.”

For its part, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia reported: “There have been no injuries among our diplomatic staff during the attack, but there has been material damage to the Embassy.”

Several windows were broken in the delegation of this country, also located in the building in the Holosiiv district that houses the Embassies of five other countries.

The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, denounced a “hateful attack.”

“Another atrocious attack against kyiv. This time against a building that houses the Portuguese embassy and other diplomatic services,” Von der Leyen said in X.

The Russian attack with ballistic missiles on the capital of Ukraine in the early hours of this Friday caused at least one dead and 12 injuredaccording to officials.

The Russian Defense Ministry indicated that The attack was in response to one with missiles launched by Ukrainian forces two days ago in the Rostov border region. In that operation, six projectiles from the US Army’s Tactical Missile System, known as ATACMS, and four Storm Shadows launched from the air and provided by the United Kingdom were used, he reported.

At least three loud explosions were heard in kyiv shortly before dawnr. The Ukrainian air force said it intercepted five Iskander short-range ballistic missiles launched at the city. The other missiles caused damage and fires in three districtssaid the city administration. The attack left 630 residential buildings, 16 medical facilities and 30 schools and kindergartens without heat, he added.

“We ask citizens to respond immediately to reports of threats of ballistic attacks, because there is very little time to find shelter,” the air force said.

In kyiv, missile debris landed in the city center, damaging around two dozen high-rise office buildings, as well as the Catholic Church of St. Nicholas, a prominent landmark in the capital, and the National University. Kiev Linguistics.

In the nearly three years since the war began, Russia has regularly bombed Ukrainian civilian areas in an attempt to cripple the power grid and demoralize Ukrainians.

Meanwhile, Ukraine, struggling to contain the larger Russian military on the front lines, attempted to attack Russian infrastructure supporting the Kremlin’s war effort.