2016 年 9 月 16 日至 17 日夜间，一群不超过 20 人的身份不明人员使用烟火剂装置朝俄罗斯联邦驻基辅大使馆发射。袭击持续了几分钟，之后肇事者离开了现场。袭击的视频公布在社交媒体上。使馆雇员无人受伤，但使馆建筑轻微受损(留下了爆管爆炸的烧痕)。根据外交使团工程处的评估，损失金额为 1 000 美元。
During the night of 16-17 September 2016, the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Kyiv was shelled by pyrotechnic devices by a group of up to 20 unknown persons. The assault lasted for several minutes, after which the delinquents left the scene. A video of the assault was posted on social media. No Embassy employee was injured and the building sustained slight damage (traces of soot from the explosions of the squibs), which was assessed at $1,000 by the engineering service of the diplomatic mission.