Poland’s foreign ministry has sent the Russian embassy in Warsaw an official note of protest against Moscow’s air attacks on Ukraine’s population following a strike which damaged the Polish consulate in Kyiv.
In a social media post on Friday, the Polish foreign ministry said: “The [Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs] has handed a note to the Russian embassy protesting against the airstrikes on the population of [Ukraine]. As a result [of last night’s strikes], the building of [the Polish embassy in Ukraine] was damaged.”
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“The Ministry emphasized that it is a violation of international law, in particular the 1961 Vienna Convention,” it added.
From Thursday night into Friday morning, Russia used around 550 drones and missiles to carry out its largest airstrike on Ukraine since the war began in 2022, according to the Ukrainian military, which added that 478 had been shot down by air defense systems.
The attacks reportedly killed one person in Kyiv and injured 26, including a child.
‘Drones won’t scare us’
Following the strike, Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski took to social media to say that he spoke with Poland’s chargé d’affaires to Ukraine, Piotr Łukasiewicz, who confirmed that there were no injuries at the damaged Polish embassy building. Sikorski added that “Ukraine urgently needs air defense resources.”
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W zmasowanym raszystowskim ataku na Kijów ucierpiał budynek wydziału konsularnego naszej ambasady.
Właśnie rozmawiałem z ambasadorem Łukasiewiczem; Wszyscy są cali i zdrowi.
Ukraina pilnie potrzebuje środków obrony przeciwlotniczej.— Radosław Sikorski 🇵🇱🇪🇺 (@sikorskiradek) July 4, 2025
Meanwhile, Łukasiewicz posted: “Drones won’t scare us. We stand with Ukraine. To victory.”
In a separate post, the foreign minister said that President Vladimir Putin was “mocking” Donald Trump’s efforts to secure peace in Ukraine, urging the US president to restore supplies of anti-aircraft ammunition to Ukraine and “impose tough new sanctions on the aggressor.”
The United States earlier this week confirmed that it had suspended some arms deliveries to Kyiv, including Patriot missiles, which have been vital for Ukraine in defending its cities from Russian missiles.
Trump held a phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday, during which the two leaders discussed air defenses, according to the Ukrainian president.
The conversation came a day after Trump spoke over the phone with Putin – a talk the U.S. president said left him disappointed.
Trump – who sees himself as a peacemaker and has pledged to stop the Russia-Ukraine war – has grown increasingly frustrated at the Kremlin’s lack of concrete steps toward peace, but has thus far refused to commit to additional comprehensive sanctions against Moscow.
