Russia is telling foreigners to clear out of Kyiv as it vows more strikes on the Ukrainian capital, this time explicitly naming "decision-making centers" as targets. Russia's foreign ministry said its military is beginning "systematic" attacks on "military-industrial facilities" in Kyiv, days after Moscow accused Ukraine of hitting a vocational school in Russian-occupied Luhansk, killing 21, France 24 reports. Ukraine said it hit an elite drone unit in the area and did not target civilians.
- Over the weekend, Russia fired waves of missiles and drones that killed four people and injured dozens; among the weapons used was the Oreshnik hypersonic missile, said to travel at 10 times the speed of sound and capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. The buildings damaged or destroyed in Kyiv included the Chernobyl Museum, the National Art Museum of Ukraine, a marketplace, and several residential buildings.
Russia's foreign ministry said Monday that it has warned foreign citizens, including diplomats and staff of international organizations, to leave Kyiv "as soon as possible." The ministry said Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called his US counterpart, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, to urge him evacuate American diplomats, the BBC reports. Western missions are rejecting the calls. "We're used to Putin's threats. It is out of the question to evacuate," a French foreign ministry spokesperson said. The EU's ambassador in Kyiv wrote, "We are not going anywhere," while Andriy Sybiga, Ukraine's foreign minister, urged partners not to "give in to all this Russian blackmail."
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