Russia threatens more Kyiv strikes and tells foreign nationals to leave

It comes after the Ukrainian capital suffered one of the biggest aerial assaults of the war overnight on Saturday.

Russia threatens more strikes on Kyiv

Moscow said Monday it planned to target the city's 'decision-making centers' and repeated a call for foreign citizens and diplomats to leave the city. Western diplomatic missions in the city have rebuffed the warning.

Ukraine war briefing: Russia pressures US to clear way for attacks on Kyiv

Sergei Lavrov tells Marco Rubio that Washington should evacuate its embassy because Moscow is planning ‘systematic strikes’. What we know on day 1,553 Sergei Lavrov pressured the US to evacuate staff from its embassy in Kyiv during a phone call with the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, on Monday. Russia has threatened “systematic strikes” on the capital and demanded that foreigners leave. The Ukrainian foreign minister, Andrii Sybiha, urged Kyiv’s allies not to give in to “Russian blackmai...

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Russia warns foreigners to leave Kyiv as it prepares ‘systematic strikes’

Moscow calls upcoming 'systematic strikes' on Ukrainian capital a response to Kyiv's recent attack in Luhansk.

Ukraine's cultural, historical institutions heavily damaged in mass-scale Russian attack

Russia's sweeping weekend barrage of missiles and drones on Ukraine severely damaged some of the nation's oldest and most significant cultural landmarks, in what officials condemned as a deliberate assault on Ukraine’s history.

Lavrov tells Rubio Russia is "beginning" systematic strikes on targets in Kyiv

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has told US Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a phone call that the Russian military is "beginning" systematic strikes on facilities in Kyiv that Russia claims are being used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

By Anastasia Protz

Russia threatens fresh Kyiv strikes, warns foreigners to leave

Russia said Monday it would intensify strikes on Kyiv, targeting what it called Ukraine’s “decision-making centres”, and urged foreign diplomats and civilians to evacuate the capital. The warning followed a weekend barrage of drones, missiles and hypersonic weapons that killed four people, as Moscow vowed retaliation for an alleged Ukrainian attack in occupied Lugansk.

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Russia threatens strikes on Kyiv defence sites, urges foreigners to leave - The Straits Times

Russia threatens strikes on Kyiv defence sites, urges foreigners to leave  The Straits Times

Russia attacks Kyiv, threatening the start of a 'series of systematic strikes'

Russia says the strikes were in response to the attack on student accommodation in the Russian-controlled Luhansk region.

Russia's Lavrov Urges US Diplomat Evacuation From Kyiv In Call With Rubio

According to the Russia's foreign ministry, Sergei Lavrov held a telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on May 25.

Russia informs US of imminent strikes on Kyiv

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov advised US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday of Moscow’s decision to launch strikes on sites in Kyiv linked to the Ukrainian military, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. A statement on the ministry’s website said Lavrov told Rubio by telephone that the move was initiated “in response to the […]

Russia threatens more strikes on Kyiv, urges foreigners to leave city

"We are warning foreign citizens, including personnel of diplomatic missions and international organisations, to leave the city as soon as possible," said Russia's foreign ministry.

Russian Foreign Ministry Issues Fresh Warning of Retaliatory Strikes on Kyiv

The warning comes after Russia launched a devastating weekend attack on Kyiv and the surrounding region using a combination of drones and missiles.

In call with Rubio, FM Lavrov conveys planned strikes on 'decision-making centers' in Kyiv, urges US embassy evacuation - The Kyiv Independent

In call with Rubio, FM Lavrov conveys planned strikes on 'decision-making centers' in Kyiv, urges US embassy evacuation  The Kyiv Independent

Russia threatens to strike ‘decision-making centers’ in Kyiv

Russia’s Foreign Ministry warned that Russian armed forces would strike defense enterprises, “decision-making centers,” and command posts in Kyiv in retaliation for a strike on a dormitory in the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic.

AFU strike Russian command and communications post in Luhansk region with Storm Shadow missiles

On May 25, units of the Ukrainian Air Force successfully struck a key command and communications center of the Russian invaders in the temporarily occupied territory of Luhansk region using Storm Shadow air-launched cruise missiles.

Russia threatens more Kyiv strikes and tells foreign nationals to leave

Russia has threatened to launch a fresh wave of "systematic strikes" against Kyiv, days after carrying out one of its largest attacks on the Ukrainian capital since the start of the war.

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Rubio says Israel has 'every right' to respond to Hezbollah attacks - Naharnet

Rubio says Israel has 'every right' to respond to Hezbollah attacks  Naharnet