Kip was greeted by two Russian missiles before dawn.
Ukrainian roadside surveillance clearly saw a snapshot of the missile hitting the location of NATO instructors.After the first missile was precisely hit, another missile was replaced with a knife.
Russian Army God "Replenishment"
In the early morning of August 28, Kiev suffered another large-scale air strike. This attack not only hit military targets, but also affected the EU representative office and British Council buildings in the Ukrainian capital.
It can be seen from the on-site monitoring footage that the same place was hit by two missiles continuously, with an interval of only 20 seconds. The chain reaction triggered by this air strike far exceeded expectations.
The EU and the UK have promptly summoned the Russian ambassador to protest, claiming the attack on diplomatic facilities was a serious violation of international law.
According to Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zakharova, the Russian armed forces are targeting Ukrainian military facilities and logistical support facilities.
Two missiles were launched one after the other, aiming at the same target. This "refire" tactic is not uncommon in modern warfare and is usually used to ensure the complete destruction of important military targets.
The first missile is responsible for the initial strike, while the second missile is used to remove the remaining threat or prevent the target from being repaired quickly.
The 20 second intervals reserve a time window to evaluate the impact effect.
The European Union Britain instantly "blow up"
In addition to the bombing of military facilities in Ukraine, the British Cultural Association building was also affected.
The British Council for Cultural Education is an institution that conducts educational and cultural exchanges overseas in the UK. Simply put, it is similar to the Confucius Institute in China.
The damage to the Kiev office undoubtedly touched Britain’s sensitive nerves, so that the building of cultural exports was blown up, causing Britain to stand up for the first time to protest.
The Russian side apologized for the reaction, but believed that the responsibility was not on its own: "We just started targeting the Ukrainian military facilities, but the battlefield was rapidly changing, Ukraine launched interceptor missiles, and no one could predict what building the interceptor fragments will fall on the failed interceptor missile."
Zakharova also used this as an excuse to mock the European Union for its double objectives., the EU has been saying all day that the Russian army is attacking civilian targets, but it has kept silent about the Ukrainian army's attacks on Russian civilian facilities. This is politically one-sided and pretends to be very generous on the stage, which simply raises the double standard to the extreme.
Zaharova’s operation ultimately puts the entire responsibility on the Ukrainian side to use air defense systems and electronic warfare.
The West has found a new excuse
This time, the EU's reaction is bigger than usual. The most fundamental reason is that it has suffered its own losses. The bombing of diplomatic facilities has a bad international impact and will be described as a "barbaric act".
In addition, Russia's behavior has also found a new and wonderful excuse for the West. Western countries are eager to make this matter bigger and make it known to everyone, so that they can continue to increase military assistance to Ukraine.
According to the latest news, at the request of Ukraine, the NATO-Ukraine Council held an emergency meeting on August 28. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said after the meeting that it is necessary to provide weapons and ammunition to Ukraine to resist Russia's invasion.
However, this practice also encountered a lot of international resistance at that time, and these "accidents" at this time did provide the West with new political chips.
The latent risk of conflict escalation
The greatest danger of the damage to diplomatic facilities this time is the follow-up development, which is likely to become a catalyst for further escalation of the conflict.
There is historical evidence that diplomatic institutions are often triggered by attacks that trigger more serious international crises.
The 1979 occupation of the US embassy in Tehran by Iranian students brought the conflict between Iran and the United States to a climax.
Triggered a strong reaction from the United States. The U.S. government immediately imposed economic sanctions on Iran, frozen Iranian assets in the United States, and adopted a series of diplomatic pressure measures. Iran, on the other hand, insisted on its position, and the two sides were caught in a 444-day confrontation.
It lasted until 1981, when the two sides reached an agreement through a third-party mediation that the United States released Iranian assets and Iran released hostages.
This incident indirectly or directly led to the formal breaking of diplomatic relations between the United States and Iran, opening a decades-long state of hostility between the two countries.
In 1999, NATO accidentally bombed the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia, which also triggered a serious diplomatic crisis.
NATO missiles suddenly hit the Chinese Embassy in the Southern Coalition, killing three Chinese journalists, wounding dozens of embassy staff, and severely damaging the building.
After this incident, the Chinese government immediately issued a solemn statement, severely condemning NATO's barbaric act, pointing out that it was a deliberate atrocity that seriously violated international law and the basic norms of international relations, and strongly demanded that NATO take full responsibility for it, make a public apology, and compensate the families of the victims and the injured.
NATO has attempted to mask the truth of the incident under the pretext of “misbombing,” claiming that it was because “intelligence errors” caused the missiles to deviate from their targets.
This also left the relationship between China and NATO instantly back to zero.
Historical time has proved the fact that if it is not handled, it is likely to cause greater contradictions.In the present time, all parties are considered to restrain, are dealt with at the diplomatic level, there is no direct military retaliation.
But if such “unfortunate events” get more and more, it’s hard to say that they won’t trigger a bigger conflict.
From China's standpoint, the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of all countries should be effectively guaranteed, international law should be applied equally and uniformly, and double standards should not be adopted.
In the current situation, how to prevent the damage to diplomatic facilities from triggering a larger international conflict becomes a question that must be carefully considered by all parties.
Although the protests of the European Union and Britain have their legal basis, how to seek solutions through diplomatic channels, rather than simple condemnation and confrontation, is the key to truly testing the political wisdom of all parties.
An early end to the war and restoration of peace is the greatest comfort to all people affected by the conflict.
Edited by: Wood
Source: “Ultimate News” — (Ukrainian Kiev attacks have killed 22 people, EU officials say the building of the EU delegation in Kiev has been damaged; an F-16 fighter plane crashed in Poland)