Ukraine called on Western embassies which closed on Wednesday for fear of Russian bombings not to fuel tension, stressing that the threat of Russian strikes had been “daily” in the country since the start of the invasion.
At least five Western embassies, those of the United States, Spain, Italy, Hungary and Greece, announced that they would temporarily close for the day on Wednesday due to a threat of air attack, in the context of increasingly harsh rhetoric from Russia.
Aerial attacks by drones and missiles, sometimes massive, have been almost daily in kyiv for weeks and have been very regular since the start of the war on February 24, 2024.
Anti-aircraft alerts also sounded in kyiv several times during the night and day. Drones were shot down and no casualties were reported.
The closures of diplomatic representations on Wednesday follow a warning from the American embassy, which warned of a “possible significant air attack” on Ukraine. “The threat of strikes has unfortunately been a daily reality for Ukrainians for more than a thousand days,” responded Ukrainian diplomacy, denying that the risk would be higher on Wednesday.
She called on Westerners not to fuel “the tension” maintained for several days by Moscow, which has once again resorted to its nuclear rhetoric in the face of the green light given by Washington to American missile strikes on Russian territory.
Ukrainian military intelligence, the GUR, told him that Russia was carrying out a “massive psychological and informational attack” against Ukraine via messages circulating on social networks warning of imminent bombings.
The latest massive strikes on Ukraine on Sunday once again targeted the country’s energy system, causing power cuts. Since then, several residential buildings have also been hit across Ukraine, causing many deaths.
Russia has increased its warnings against Ukraine and the West in recent days, in response to the green light given by the United States to kyiv to strike Russian soil with the long-range missiles delivered to it. .
A first such attack, a strike targeting a military installation in the Russian region of Bryansk using American ATACMS missiles with a range of 300 km fired by Ukraine, took place on Tuesday, according to Moscow and kyiv.
