The U.S.
Embassy in Kyiv issued a warning Wednesday about a potential substantial air attack and announced its closure, following Moscows promise to retaliate after Ukraine released U.S.-supplied long-range rockets at targets inside Russia for the very first time.
The U.S.
Embassy in Kyiv has actually received particular information of a prospective substantial air attack on November 20, the embassy stated on its site.
Out of an abundance of care, the Embassy will be closed, and Embassy employees are being advised to shelter in place, the message continued, urging U.S.
residents in Ukraine to be prepared to right away shelter in case an air alert is announced.
Authorities in Ukraine later on said that the information the U.S.
was referring to wanted to bea mental operation released by Moscow in a quote to destabilize the country.
We advise you that the danger of strikes by the assailant state has actually regrettably been an everyday reality for Ukrainians for over 1,000 days, Ukraines Foreign Ministry stated in a statement on social media.Ukraines GUR military intelligence directorate stated a fake message was being spread out on social networks, claiming to be a caution from them over a huge bomb attack on Kyiv.
A terrorist country is carrying out a massive info and mental attack versus Ukraine, it said in a statement.The caution comes a day after a senior Ukrainian authorities confirmed to AFP that U.S.-supplied ATACMS missiles were utilized in a strike on Russias Bryansk region.Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the attack showed Western countries wanted to intensify the conflict.
This is a direct escalation of the Western war against Russia, Lavrov said during a press conference at the G20 top in Brazil.
We will respond accordingly.
U.S.
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