Russia pledges to continue massive strikes on Kyiv, urges foreign diplomats to leave city
The warning follows stepped-up drone and missile attacks that have damaged bridges and other key infrastructure, disrupting life for Kyiv’s 3 million residents.
- On Saturday, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced it will continue targeted strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities, urging foreign nationals and diplomatic staff to leave the capital immediately.
- Russia has recently escalated attacks on infrastructure in the capital, hitting a bridge across the Dnipro river on Friday as part of an intensifying campaign against Ukrainian targets.
- The Russian Ministry stated strikes target military facilities "in response to the Ukrainian Armed Forces' terrorist acts," claiming "responsibility for any adverse consequences lies entirely with those who ignore this warning."
- Life for Kyiv's 3 million residents has been upended by the intensifying campaign, creating severe uncertainty ahead of the bitter winter months.
- Both Russia and Ukraine have escalated attacks on grain vessels in the Black Sea and oil refineries in recent months, while Russian President Vladimir Putin claims Ukraine pays for its own attacks on Russia.
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Russia threatens to continue systematic attacks on Ukrainian cities.
President Vladimir Putin is urging “foreigners” not to visit Ukraine because “massive retaliatory attacks” are planned against Kiev. In the past week, a school, as well as hospitals and bridges, have been bombed. “The enemy is tearing Kiev apart,” says Mayor Vitali Klitschko.
Russia again called on diplomats and foreign citizens in Kiev today to leave the Ukrainian capital and warned that its armed forces would continue to carry out "massive retaliatory strikes" on military targets in the city and other parts of Ukraine, Agence France-Presse reported, quoted by BTA. The warning was issued by the Russian Foreign Ministry, which repeated a similar call in May. "The responsibility for possible negative consequences lies…
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