Ukraine: US embassy closes amid fears of “serious airstrike” | EUROtoday

The USA is briefly closing its embassy within the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. The embassy proclaims this on its homepage.

They acquired “concrete information about a possible serious air attack on November 20th”. It just isn’t talked about precisely which cities the potential assault will happen in.

“As a precautionary measure, the embassy will be closed and embassy staff will be instructed to remain in their accommodation.” The U.S. Embassy recommends that U.S. residents put together to hunt shelter instantly within the occasion of an air alert.

After the Ukrainian military’s first assault on Russia with ATACMS missiles, Moscow threatened a response. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov introduced an “appropriate” response and didn’t rule out the attainable use of Russian nuclear weapons.

He additionally warned Ukraine’s Western allies that they need to learn Russian nuclear doctrine “in its entirety.” Russian President Vladimir Putin had instantly relaxed the present guidelines for using nuclear weapons. The new doctrine additionally permits for a nuclear response to “massive” air strikes, even when they solely use standard weapons.

The White House strongly condemned the decree: “This is more of the same irresponsible rhetoric from Russia that we have seen over the past two years,” a spokesman for the US National Security Council informed AFP.

According to the Defense Ministry in Moscow, Kiev attacked a army facility within the Russian border area of Bryansk with six ballistic missiles on Tuesday night time. Long-range ATACMS missiles provided by the USA have been additionally used, it stated. A Ukrainian authorities official confirmed using the missiles to the AFP information company.