Qatar comments on damage to its Kyiv embassy due to overnight strike but avoids naming Russia

Qatar's Foreign Ministry has responded after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said its embassy in Kyiv was damaged by a Russian drone during a large-scale strike on the night of 8-9 January.

Source: Sky News

Details: Qatar's Foreign Ministry expressed regret over the damage and confirmed there were no casualties.

It did not mention Russia, which carried out the large-scale missile and drone attack on Ukraine.

Background:

• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported on the morning of 9 January that a Russian drone had damaged the Qatari Embassy building in Kyiv during a large-scale attack on the city. He said that "in addition to our civilian infrastructure and energy facilities, the building of the Embassy of Qatar was damaged last night by a Russian drone – Qatar, a state that does so much to mediate with Russia in order to secure the release of prisoners of war and civilians held in Russian prisons".
• The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russian forces had attacked Ukraine with 278 airborne weapons on the night of 8-9 January – 36 missiles and 242 drones of various types. Early reports indicated that as of 09:00, air defence units had shot down or jammed 244 aerial assets.

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