DISINFO: EU Mission was likely hit by a Ukrainian antimissile
SUMMARY
British newspapers are collectively screaming loudly about the attack by Russian missiles, as they call it, on a civilian facility, the British Council office in Kyiv. Let's remember that this organisation is considered undesirable in Russia. In the footage, you can see that the windows in the building were blown out. But in all the footage published by the Western press, the eyewitnesses are looking in a completely different direction, not at the British Council building. And the main blow fell on the other side. According to available information, there was a facility for assembling combat drones of the Ukrspetssystems company. Nevertheless, in London, they reacted hysterically and summoned the Russian ambassador Andrei Kellin to the Foreign Ministry.
And the main Eurofuhrer Ursula von der Leyen sent a whole petition to Donald Trump. The reason was the damage to the buildings of the EU Mission in Kyiv. It is worth noting that this mission is practically door to door with a large depot of the Ukrainian railway, which carries out transportation, including weapons, that come from the West for Ukraine. At the same time, Ms. von der Leyen herself tactfully keeps silent about whether the damage was caused by a direct hit, or if this is the result of the most accurate Ukrainian air defence in the world.
RESPONSE
Disinformation and denial of war crimes by the Kremlin surrounding the events of the night of 28 August, 2025, when Russia launched a massive aerial assault on Kyiv, deploying 598 drones and 31 missiles At least 25 people were killed in the capital, including two children. Thirteen locations were hit, including the EU Delegation building, which was severely damaged by the shock wave from the strikes by a Russian missile and drone attack, not by a Ukrainian antimissile system.
The Ukrspetssystems company is registered at 30/32 Zhylianska Str in Kyiv, the building which was hit, in front of the British Council's building. 61 other companies are registered at this address - this is a mass registration address, as the Ukrainian registry points out. The registered address in the city centre is used for resolving potential legal disputes in one of Kyiv’s central courts. The claim that this address constitutes a legitimate military target is implausible. No evidence has been presented to support the assertion that a 'drone assembly facility' was destroyed at the site.
As for the claim that a 'large depot of the Ukrainian railway, which carries out transportation, including weapons', was targeted, the reality is that Russian forces targeted civilian trains. The Intercity+ high-speed train fleet was hit, and one train scheduled to operate on the Kyiv–Kharkiv route sustained significant damage. It is highly improbable that modern high-speed trains, which are equipped solely with passenger seating, would be used to transport weapons.
The trains were not occupied at night, but the likely purpose of such an attack was to demoralise the population, similar to previous strikes on energy infrastructure carried out by Russia.
The disinformation report then presents a contradictory narrative: that Russia had the right to bomb railway trains and successfully did so, while simultaneously suggesting that Ukrainian air defence may have intercepted the missiles, causing the damage to the EU Mission. In reality, it is not possible to confuse an air defence interception with a strike from a combat missile carrying a warhead. The Kyiv–Kharkiv train was clearly hit by a warhead, as evidenced by the extent of the damage.
"This is another grim reminder of what is at stake. It shows that the Kremlin will stop at nothing to terrorize Ukraine, blindly killing civilians and even targeting the European Union," EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told reporters in Brussels. She said two missiles had struck near the EU office within 20 seconds of each other.
U.S. special envoy Keith Kellogg commented on X: "The targets? Not soldiers and weapons but residential areas in Kyiv - blasting civilian trains, the EU & British mission council offices, and innocent civilians."
This incident reflects a broader pattern of Russian denials of war crimes. For instance, in April 2025, Russia claimed that its forces had launched a precision missile strike on a meeting place of Ukrainian Armed Forces commanders and Western instructors at a restaurant in the city of Kryvyi Rih. However, CCTV footage from the targeted restaurant showed no such meeting. Instead, a nearby children’s playground was struck, resulting in the deaths of nine children. Despite this, pro-Kremlin media continue to mock what they call 'Kryvyi Rih diplomacy', and statements such as 'I don’t understand why Kryvyi Rih still exists' have been broadcast in pro-Kremlin and other Russian state-controlled outlets.
The reports use highly antagonistic language towards the EU and the British Council. Referring to President Ursula von der Leyen as a 'Euroführer' is a deliberate attempt to associate the EU with authoritarianism, echoing broader disinformation narratives that falsely portray EU and Ukrainian leadership as Nazi-linked. This rhetoric supports the Kremlin’s justification for its invasion of Ukraine under the guise of 'denazification'. Such narratives also misleadingly claim that only the EU and the UK are obstructing peace between the United States and Russia by backing Ukraine’s defence against Russian aggression.
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