According to the Russian state news agency Interfax, the Russian military conducted extensive missile attacks in Ukraine on August 28. 

"The Russian military launched a group strike, including the use of hypersonic missiles "Dagger", on the enterprises of the military-industrial complex and military air bases of Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday," Interfax said.

The short report concluded: "The military said that the targets of the strike were achieved, all designated objects were hit."

Those targets included British and EU operations in Kiev, according the Daily Mail.

"Russia has bombed a British Council building and the European headquarters in Kyiv in a 'deliberate' double strike during a huge onslaught on the Ukrainian capital that has left at least 17 dead," the Daily Mail reported.

The British Council, the report said, provide English language programs and educational courses, but is not a part of the British government, though it "receives sponsorship from the Foreign Office," the Daily Mail said.

Also hit in the attack was a building housing an EU delegation. 

In the wake of the attack, Ursula von der Leyen accused Russia of conducting a "deliberate" attack and "targeting the EU."

According to the report, the attack across Ukraine involved over 600 drones and missiles, making it the second largest Russian attack of its kind. At least 17 people are reported to have died in the attack.

This latest attack casts the possibility of peace, something that finally seemed within reach as a result of Putin's summit with President Trump in Alaska, in a dim light. 

Kaja Kallas, head of foreign policy for the EU, remarked that "the Kremlin will stop at nothing to terrorize Ukraine, blindly killing civilians, men, women and children, and even targeting the EU."

In the UK, Prime Minister Keir Starmer remarked: "Putin is killing children and civilians, and sabotaging hopes of peace. This bloodshed must end."

The latest escalation against Ukraine comes days after a Ukrainian attack on the nuclear power station at Kursk. 

According to Russian sources reported in Newsweek, Russian defenses shot down a drone near the nuclear facility. 

"The Ukrainian drone detonated as it fell, damaging an auxiliary transformer and sparking a fire, the station in Kursk said," Newsweek reported. "There were no casualties but one of the reactors was working at 50 percent capacity, the nuclear plant said, adding radiation levels hadn't changed."

Despite the ongoing escalations and provocations, Interfax reports that the Kremlin remains open to negotiations.

"The special military operation continues," said Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov. "At the same time, Russia retains its interest in continuing the negotiation process in order to achieve the goals that we face by political and diplomatic means."