A Russian drone attack on Friday targeted the headquarters of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) in central Kyiv, said President Volodymyr Zelensky. "Unfortunately, a Russian drone struck the central building of the Security Service of Ukraine on Volodymyrska Street in Kyiv, across from St. Sophia Cathedral," he said on X after speaking with acting head of the service, Oleksandr Poklad. "The drone was aimed directly at the office of the head of the Security Service in that building," Zelensky added. Zelensky said that he had instructed the SBU chief to "deliver an appropriate, tangible response and, where possible, one that mirrors this strike, to the Russians once everything is ready".
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Five people were injured in the attack, Kyiv's mayor said on the Telegram app. Poklad was not in the vicinity at the time of the strike, a senior official told AFP on condition of anonymity. Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha on Friday urged allies to step up pressure on Moscow, calling Russia's attack on SBU headquarters a "rejection of diplomacy". "The Russian attack on Ukraine’s Security Service Headquarters is a major escalation that demands resolute responses," he said on X. "Moscow launched this strike during a renewed push for peace – laying bare its true rejection of diplomacy," he said.
