“Unacceptable”: Azerbaijan Files Protest After Missile Blast Hits Embassy in Kyiv

Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry summoned Russia’s ambassador after an overnight barrage on Kyiv damaged Baku’s embassy compound, lodging a formal protest and demanding an explanation. The ministry said an Iskander-class missile fell onto embassy grounds on November 14, destroying part of the perimeter wall and damaging buildings and vehicles; no casualties were reported.

“During the meeting, a strong protest was expressed in connection with the fall of one of the Iskander-type missiles onto the territory of the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan as a result of missile and drone attacks to the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv, around 01:00 a.m. on 14 November, and a corresponding note verbal was presented to him,” the ministry said, referring to Ambassador Mikhail Yevdokimov.

Officials added that the blast “resulted in the complete destruction of a part of the Embassy’s perimeter wall, damage to structures, service vehicles, the administrative building, and the Consular Section of the Embassy, as well as serious damage to the diplomatic mission’s compound. Fortunately, this strike did not result in any human casualties.”

The protest follows a phone call between President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, during which Aliyev “expressed support and condolences to the people of Ukraine” and “condemned this strike,” according to the Ukrainian president’s office.

Zelenskyy said Russia used “hundreds of drones and missiles, including ballistic” weapons during the night’s attack and noted that the Azerbaijani Embassy was among the sites damaged.

Baku’s foreign ministry framed the Kyiv incident within a pattern it says raises “questions about the deliberate nature of the missile attacks.”

It recalled earlier strikes affecting Azerbaijani diplomatic or corporate sites in Ukraine: a March 10, 2022 airstrike that severely damaged the Honorary Consulate in Kharkiv; a January 2, 2024 “Kinzhal” strike that left a three-meter crater near the embassy and an unexploded ordnance eight meters underground; and an August 28, 2025 blast approximately 50 meters from the embassy that damaged the administrative building, consular section, and the ambassador’s residence.

The ministry also cited August 8 and 18, 2025, drone attacks on SOCAR’s oil depot in the Odesa region that injured employees and caused significant infrastructure damage.

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Azerbaijan said it had repeatedly notified Moscow of these incidents “through official note verbals,” stressing that it shared the coordinates of its diplomatic facilities with Russia in April 2022 and was assured the Defense Ministry would account for them.

“During the meeting, it was stressed that such attacks on our diplomatic missions are unacceptable, and it was requested that the Russian side conduct an appropriate investigation into the issue and provide a detailed explanation,” the ministry said.

Earlier, Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev reiterated his country’s firm support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, stressing that Baku’s position has not changed since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion.

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