"The Russian Foreign Ministry sent a note of protest to the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry in connection with the actions of violent extremist groups who fired fireworks at the building of the Russian Embassy in Ukraine overnight into September 17. The note stated that the law enforcement bodies of Ukraine, designed to ensure the protection of the Embassy, failed to react to the incident," the statement read.
"The Russian Foreign Ministry demanded that the Ukrainian authorities thoroughly and impartially investigate the provocative act of radicals and take immediate measures to ensure the security of the Russian Embassy in Ukraine and other Russian diplomatic missions in Ukraine, in accordance with its international obligations for the protection of diplomatic and consular offices," the ministry said.
According to the Kiev police, no one was injured in the attack, though the embassy building has sustained insignificant damage. The investigation of the incident is underway. Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman called the attack a "small incident."
