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Ukrainian FM Leads 70 Foreign Diplomats to Kyiv Strike Sites After Russian Assault
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Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha led representatives of more than 70 foreign diplomatic missions to the sites of recent Russian strikes in Kyiv on May 25, urging the international community to intensify pressure on Moscow.
This was reported by Sybiha in a statement published on his official X account on the same day.
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"Today, at my invitation, over 70 heads and representatives of foreign diplomatic missions visited the sites of recent Russian terrorist strikes in Kyiv," Sybiha wrote. "The foreign diplomatic corps honored the memory of the victims of this horrific bombardment."
Sybiha and the assembled diplomats laid flowers at the impact sites, including the Shevchenkivskyi district, to honor the memory of civilians killed in the bombardment. The foreign minister addressed the visiting envoys on the ground, framing the visit as a direct response to Ukrainian and allied peace efforts.
The minister linked the visit to a recent meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and called for accelerated military aid, expanded air defense, and additional missile deliveries.
"Following a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, we have clear instructions to secure additional military aid, air defense packages, and missiles. Moscow must know it will face a tough response to its terror," Sybiha stated.
He emphasized that Ukraine's accession to the European Union must be treated as irreversible and that allies needed to project unified resolve.
"Clear signals must be sent to Moscow that we stand united, that Ukraine will receive robust military support, and that our path to EU membership is irreversible," he added. "We must intensify global pressure on Russia to show that these brutal attacks will never go unanswered."
Sybiha also thanked Ukraine's State Emergency Service and first responders working at the impact sites, and expressed gratitude to partner missions for continued defense assistance and solidarity in the aftermath of the strikes.
The diplomatic visit followed one of the largest Russian aerial assaults on Ukraine in recent months. Overnight on May 24, Russian forces launched 690 missiles and drones at the country, killing two people and injuring 62 in Kyiv, where damage was reported at more than 40 sites across nearly every district.
The Shevchenkivskyi district was among the hardest hit, with a strike on a five-story residential building causing a partial collapse and fire. Russia also reportedly struck Bila Tserkva, south of the capital, with an Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile fired from Kapustin Yar in Russia's Astrakhan region.
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