Russia tells US to pull its diplomats and citizens from Ukraine capital

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov instructed the US to evacuate diplomats and citizens from Kyiv ahead of planned heavy strikes by Russia on the Ukrainian capital. This move signals intensified military actions amidst ongoing conflict tensions in Ukraine.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called US State Secretary Marco Rubio to advise him to evacuate US citizens and diplomats from Kyiv, as the Kremlin plans to continue heavy strikes on the Ukrainian capital, according to a statement published by the Russian Foreign Ministry on Monday. Lavrov called his US counterpart at the request of President Vladimir Putin to tell him that Russia was launching systematic and consistent strikes against facilities in Kyiv as well as against the relevant...