KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – The U.S. embassy in Kyiv said it had received a warning about a significant Russian attack on Wednesday and will be closed as a precaution.
In a statement, the embassy also ordered staff to stay in place and also recommended that US citizens in Kyiv be prepared to stay in case of an airstrike warning.
The warning was not unusual for the fact that Russian air strikes have become a daily occurrence in Ukraine.
But it comes a day after Moscow said that US-made long-range missiles were used in a Ukrainian attack that hit a weapons depot in the Bryansk region after US President Joe Biden authorized their use.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said in September that if Western countries allow Ukraine to strike inside Russia with their aggressive weapons, “it will mean that NATO countries, the US, European countries are at war with Russia.”
“And if that’s the case, then, considering the real change of the conflict, we will be making the right decisions based on the threats that will be presented to us,” Putin said.
Russia has recently stepped up its airstrikes, launching a complex combination of drone and missile barrages to target power plants this week as temperatures begin to drop.
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