{"id":1286242,"date":"2025-08-28T14:19:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T11:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/russia-damages-british-council-building-in-kyiv-with-missile-attack\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T14:19:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T11:19:23","slug":"russia-damages-british-council-building-in-kyiv-with-missile-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/russia-damages-british-council-building-in-kyiv-with-missile-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia Damages British Council Building in Kyiv with Missile Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In Kyiv, the British Council building was damaged by a Russian missile attack on the night of August 28.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BritishCouncilUkraine\/posts\/pfbid0su8jKHV7hf6H6GyzupXop6Ufhec92MJNpD2pbukKNKTzGsmNexz5HG9bPVSTcM2Ul?rdid=CYyyIELJqKYGoFau#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The press service<\/a> of the British Council office reported this.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;As a result of the night attack on Kyiv, our office was significantly damaged and will remain closed to visitors until further notice. Despite possible delays in responses, we continue our work with Ukrainian partners in the fields of education and culture. You can contact us by e-mail,&#8221; the statement said. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FBritishCouncilUkraine%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0su8jKHV7hf6H6GyzupXop6Ufhec92MJNpD2pbukKNKTzGsmNexz5HG9bPVSTcM2Ul&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"329\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p> In addition, British correspondent Caolan Robertson, who has lived in Ukraine in recent years and covered the war on the social network X, stated that representatives of the British government and British employees were regularly present in the attacked building, and the Russians knew this.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;They were not at all stopped by hitting this building, and they will not hesitate to hit such buildings again and again. And if you look around this street, there are no military targets here. This is a residential street where people slept, where children slept,&#8221; the journalist said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"> British Council Building in Kyiv was destroyed by a Russian missile. This is regularly full of British government officials<\/p>\n<p> Russia is at war with the entire west.<\/p>\n<p> If you live in the UK and think Putin is trying to fight back, it&#8217;s time to grow up <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G3m9PRuDTw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/G3m9PRuDTw<\/a><\/p>\n<p> \u2014 Caolan (@CaolanReports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CaolanReports\/status\/1960939802154438690?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 28, 2025<\/a> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <strong>The British Council<\/strong> is a public organisation accountable to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Its aim is to develop links between the UK and other countries in the fields of education, arts and culture. The Council has offices in more than 100 countries.<\/p>\n<p> Let us recall that due to the Russian combined attack on Kiev, which <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/u-kyievi-cherez-rosiysku-ataku-poshkodzhenyy-ofis-ukrainskoi-pravdy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">took place on the night of August 28, the office of &#8220;Ukrainska Pravda&#8221; was damaged<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p> And during the massive shelling, Russia <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/rosiiany-zavdaly-raketnoho-udaru-po-sortuvalnomu-depo-novoi-poshty-v-kyievi-postrazhdaly-liudy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hit a civilian logistics infrastructure facility in Kiev with a missile<\/a> . The sorting depot of Nova Poshta was attacked, and the vehicle yard was hit.<\/p>\n<p> In addition, due to a massive Russian strike <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/u-kyievi-cherez-rosiysku-ataku-poshkodzhenyy-ofis-radio-svoboda-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on the night of August 28, the Kiev Bureau Office of Radio Liberty was damaged<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p> Also <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/syly-ppo-zneshkodyly-563-rosiyski-drony-ta-26-raket\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on the night of August 28, Russian invaders carried out a drone-missile attack on Ukraine and launched 629 air attack weapons<\/a> . Air defense neutralized 589 targets.<\/p>\n<p> In particular, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/kyiv-obstrilialy-kyndzhalamy-ta-dronamy-ie-zhertvy-sered-nykh-dity\/\">on the night of August 28, Kiev was subjected to one of the largest attacks in recent months<\/a> . Russian troops simultaneously used attack drones, ballistic and cruise missiles, as well as hypersonic &#8220;Daggers&#8221;, which led to large-scale destruction in several areas of the city. By the morning, four people were reported dead, including two children, and more than two dozen people were injured.<\/p>\n<p> It later became known that <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/masovanyy-udar-po-kyievu-kilkist-zhertv-zrosla-do-15-chetvero-z-nykh-dity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the number of people killed in Kiev due to the Russian massive attack on the night of August 28 had risen to 15.<\/a> Of these, four were children.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>&#8220;Pryamy&#8221;<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Twitter<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Kyiv, the British Council building was damaged by a Russian missile attack on the night of August 28. The press service of the British Council office reported this. &#8220;As a result of the night attack on Kyiv, our office was significantly damaged and will remain closed to visitors until further notice. 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