US, others shut embassies in Ukraine amid fear over Russia attack
Published On : 2024-11-21T02:25:35+0530 [ IST ] |
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The United States closed its embassies in the Ukrainian capital along with Italy Spain and Greece after a potential air attack from Russia.
The Greek Embassy remained closed due to "security reasons". The Spanish Embassy in Kyiv will also be closed today after receiving information about a possible major airstrike on the city.
The Times of Israel reported that Israel will not shut down its embassy in Kyiv. Israeli Ambassador to Ukraine Michael Brodsky said: "We are currently operating as normal."
The warnings come as Moscow looks to retaliate against Ukraine for firing US-supplied long-range missiles on Russian territory for the first time and with the Kremlin accusing outgoing US President Joe Biden of dragging out the war
Russia has already ramped up a wave of deadly missile strikes targeting residential areas and Ukraine's energy grid. Air alerts blare out across the country daily.
The warning comes a day after Ukraine used US ATACMS missiles to strike Russian territory taking advantage of newly granted permission from the outgoing administration of US President Joe Biden on the 1,000th day of the war.
Russia warned the West for months that if Washington allowed Ukraine to fire U.S., British and French missiles deep into Russia Moscow would consider these NATO members to be directly involved in the war in Ukraine.
In October Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow would respond to Ukraine's strikes with U.S.-made weapons deep into Russia.
On Tuesday Putin lowered the threshold for a nuclear strike in response to a broader range of conventional attacks with nuclear risks rising amid the highest tensions between Russia and the West in more than half a century
Source : Reporters From Sunrise Chronicles
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The United States closed its embassies in the Ukrainian capital along with Italy Spain and Greece after a potential air attack from Russia.
The Greek Embassy remained closed due to "security
