{"id":55530,"date":"2025-09-08T09:33:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T09:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/zelenskyy-russian-strike-on-cabinet-building-deliberately-targeted-civilians\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T09:29:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T09:29:27","slug":"zelenskyy-russian-strike-on-cabinet-building-deliberately-targeted-civilians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/zelenskyy-russian-strike-on-cabinet-building-deliberately-targeted-civilians\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelenskyy: Russian strike on Cabinet building deliberately targeted civilians"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to Ukrainian authorities, the attack involved 810 drones, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles, most of which were launched overnight. Debris from the interceptions caused fires across the capital and damaged residential areas. <\/p>\n

The strike on the Cabinet building, which houses several ministries, was described as a symbolic escalation.<\/p>\n

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned the attack in a televised address, calling it a deliberate strike against civilians. \u201cRussia continues its policy of terror,\u201d he said, urging Western allies to tighten sanctions and increase military support.<\/p>\n

Ukraine\u2019s prime minister, Yulia Svyrydenko, warned that Moscow was escalating its campaign by targeting state institutions. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis attack shows that Russia is not only striking our energy and residential infrastructure, but also our government institutions,\u201d she said, adding that international partners must respond with stronger measures against Russian oil and gas revenues.<\/p>\n

The Guardian reported that emergency services battled flames at the Cabinet building for several hours before bringing the fire under control. Witnesses described smoke rising from central Kyiv as sirens echoed throughout the city.<\/p>\n

According to local officials, among the dead was a young mother and her child, killed when debris struck their residential block. Another civilian died in a separate blast on the city\u2019s left bank. Across the country, 18 people were injured, including several in critical condition.<\/p>\n

The assault also drew swift international condemnation. European leaders denounced Moscow\u2019s actions as a violation of international law. French officials reiterated support for Kyiv, while British leaders said the attack underscored the need to accelerate air defence deliveries.<\/p>\n

In Washington, U.S. President Donald Trump suggested his administration was considering additional sanctions on Russia. He described the strike as \u201ca brutal escalation\u201d and said his team was in contact with allies to coordinate a response.<\/p>\n

\"Emergency<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Russia carried out its largest air attack of the war on Sunday, striking across Ukraine with a record number of drones and missiles, and hitting the Cabinet of Ministers building in Kyiv for the first time. The assault killed at least three civilians, including a mother and her baby, and wounded 18 others, Ukrainian officials said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000094024,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[201],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-55530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-rania-umutoni"],"bylines":[{"id":201,"name":"Rania Umutoni","slug":"rania-umutoni","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":139}],"contributors":[{"id":201,"name":"Rania Umutoni","slug":"rania-umutoni","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":139}],"featured_image":{"id":2000094024,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/3744loogo.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/3744loogo.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/3744loogo.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/3744loogo.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/3744loogo.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/3744loogo.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000094024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55530"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=55530"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=55530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}