Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev accused Russia of deliberately attacking Azerbaijan’s embassy in Kyiv three times, calling the strikes an “intentional attack” on a diplomatic mission.
Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, Aliyev said the incidents went beyond collateral damage from Russia’s war against Ukraine.
“After the first strike, we assumed it was accidental and provided Russia with the exact coordinates of all Azerbaijani diplomatic facilities,” Aliyev said.
“Despite this, two more attacks followed. This was a deliberate attack on Azerbaijan’s diplomatic mission.”
The Azerbaijani embassy in Kyiv was affected during three separate Russian attacks in 2025. In July, a missile strike hit buildings near the embassy, killing and wounding civilians in the area.
In late August, the embassy suffered blast damage during a nighttime attack on the capital, with windows shattered and cracks appearing in the consular section.
In November, falling debris damaged the building again during another Russian strike.
Energy Assets, Then the Embassy
Aliyev was responding to a question about whether he had raised concerns with Vladimir Putin over Russian strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure owned by Azerbaijani companies.
He said the issue had been discussed repeatedly through diplomatic channels, adding that the embassy attacks marked a serious escalation.
Azerbaijan, he said, can respond only through diplomatic means, but described the incidents as an “unfriendly act” by Russia.
Moscow Pushes Back
Russia’s Foreign Ministry rejected Aliyev’s claims, saying allegations of “targeted missile strikes” on Azerbaijani facilities in Ukraine “do not correspond to reality,” according to the Russian Foreign Ministry.
The ministry said that in November 2025 it expressed “sincere regret” to Azerbaijan’s ambassador in Moscow over damage to the embassy compound in Kyiv, blaming the destruction on “incorrect operation” of Ukrainian air defense systems.
Russian officials also said their forces strike only “legitimate military targets,” while taking into account the locations of foreign diplomatic missions.