The department added in a statement published on the embassy’s website US in Kyiv“Out of an abundance of caution, the embassy will be closed, and embassy employees have been instructed to shelter in place.”
The statement continued, saying: “The US Embassy advises American citizens to take shelter immediately if air raid sirens sound.”
The warning comes after a day of use Ukraine US Atakum missiles to strike Russian territory, taking advantage of a recent statement from the administration of the US President. GoBiden Outgoing on the thousandth day of the war.
Russia has warned the West for months that Washington allowing Ukraine to use American, British and French-made weapons to strike the Russian interior would push Moscow to consider those countries as members of NATO Directly involved in the war in Ukraine.
The Russian president said Vladimir Putin Last month, Russia would respond if Ukraine struck the Russian interior with American-made weapons.
On Tuesday, Putin lowered the criteria under which a nuclear strike could be launched in response to broader attacks with conventional weapons, exacerbating nuclear risks at a time when tensions are rising to their highest levels in more than half a century between Russia and the West.
