The building of the Consular Department of the Polish Embassy in Kiev was damaged during a massive Russian attack on the 3rd on the 4th of July. The origin of the harm was most likely a Russian drone or its shrapnel - said Ambassador Piotr Łukasiewicz.
During the preliminary inspection, the roof and facade of the building were found damaged. The exact harm rate is presently being analysed, but everything indicates that they are not significant.
Security personnel in the shelter
The embassy ensured that the personnel of the facility followed the safety protocol and no 1 was injured. The PAP correspondent, who was outside the Consular Division office on Friday morning, did not see any harm or harm to the facility.
According to unofficial information, part of the roof, which is located on the interior courtyard of this facility, was damaged. The situation before the consulate was calm.
Soldiers confirm the incident
The guarding facilities of the National defender of Ukraine discussed the event, saying that shrapnel fell on the roof “on the another side” of the building. erstwhile asked by PAP to study on events last night, they refused to comment.
Earlier on Friday, head of the MFA Radosław Sikorski reported that in a mass Russian attack on Kiev the building of the Consular Department of the Polish embassy was injured. Everyone's all right, he said.
Minister calls for anti-aircraft defense
The Minister stressed that Ukraine urgently needs anti-aircraft defence measures. Sikorski reported on Friday morning that the consular department building of our embassy had suffered a «massed, racist attack on Kiev».
He added that he spoke to Ambassador Łukasiewicz. «Everybody is healthy and healthy» - he wrote on platform X.
Drone detonation over the building
MFA spokesperson Paweł Wroński told PAP that on the night of Thursday Friday the embassy staff were in a shelter and about 30 minutes after midnight they heard a shock. «It turned out that the drone most likely exploded above the consular department building. It is not known whether it has crashed, whether it has just been hit» - said Wronski.
Fragments of this drone hit the embassy roof, harm to the roof plating and marks on the facade. The building was more unharmed, besides no of the Polish workers were injured, everyone is healthy.
Permanent alarms in the capital
He stressed that embassy staff were rather tired, as night alarms became permanent in Kiev. «Russia shoots with drones and missiles of Kiev constantly» - the Wronski pointed out.
He added that embassy staff have been in shelters lately. He assured that the embassy and consular department were operating, and the harm is presently being estimated.
The top attack since the beginning of the war
Last night Russia carried out the largest since the beginning of the war an air attack on Ukraine - reported the Ukrainian Air Force on Friday. The Kremlin one more time demonstrates that it does not intend to end war and terror," stressed the president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenski.
According to the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Thursday night on Friday, Russian troops attacked Ukraine with 550 drones and rockets. Anti-aircraft defence shot down 478 of them.
(PAP) Note: This article was edited with Artificial Intelligence.
