U.S. Embassy In Kyiv Shuts Down Over Warning Of 'Significant' Russian Air Attack | rssama.com

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The U.S. Embassy successful Kyiv said it has received informing of a perchance important Russian aerial onslaught connected Wednesday and would beryllium closed arsenic a precaution.

In a statement, nan embassy besides instructed labor to shelter successful spot and besides recommended that U.S. citizens successful Kyiv beryllium prepared to instantly shelter successful nan arena of an aerial alert.

The informing was different for its specificity arsenic Russian aerial attacks person go a common, near-daily occurrence successful Ukraine.

But it comes 1 time aft Moscow said U.S.-made longer scope missiles had been utilized successful a Ukrainian onslaught that struck a weapons storage successful nan Bryansk region aft U.S. President Joe Biden authorized their use.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said successful September that if Western countries let Ukraine to onslaught heavy wrong Russia pinch their longer-rage weapons, “it will mean that NATO countries, nan U.S., European countries are astatine warfare pinch Russia.”

“And if it is nan case, then, base successful mind nan alteration of nan very principle of nan conflict, we will beryllium making due decisions based connected threats that will beryllium posed to us,” Putin said.

Russia has precocious escalated aerial attacks, launching analyzable mixed drone and rocket barrages to target power infrastructure this week arsenic temperatures statesman to drop.

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