A Russian drone struck the Kyiv headquarters of Ukraine’s Security Service, the SBU, on Friday, in a rare direct hit on a key government building that highlights Ukraine’s dire shortages of air defenses.
The daytime strike - the first time the SBU building has been hit in the four-and-a-half year conflict - came after days of near continuous aerial assaults by Russia on the Ukrainian capital.
Authorities said 12 people were injured in the attack and that emergency services were at the scene.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the drone was aimed directly at the office of the SBU’s chief Oleksandr Poklad in that building. The SBU said later Poklad was safe and was not injured in the attack.