Russia urged foreign citizens in Kyiv, including diplomatic and international organization personnel, to leave as soon as possible. Russia warned of additional strikes on decision-making centres, command posts, and drone manufacturing facilities in Kyiv, and urged Kyiv residents to avoid military and administrative infrastructure that could be targeted. Russia said Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov advised US Secretary of State Marco Rubio of the plan and urged evacuation of embassy staff. Russia linked the threats to a drone strike on a student dormitory in Starobilsk in Russia-occupied Luhansk that killed at least 18 people. The threats followed recent Russian drone and rocket strikes on Kyiv that killed at least four people and injured about 100 others. Ukraine has improved drone warfare capabilities, including homegrown interceptor drones designed to pursue enemy UAVs before they hit targets.
"Russia has urged foreigners to leave in Ukraine's capital Kyiv, and warned of more strikes on the city, suggesting a major escalation in its more-than-four-year-long war on Ukraine. In a statement issued on Monday, Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it planned to target decision-making centres and command posts and drone manufacturing facilities in the Ukrainian city in a series of strikes."
"Due to these facilities being allegedly scattered throughout Kyiv, Moscow told foreign citizens, including personnel of diplomatic missions and international organisations, to leave the city as soon as possible, the statement read. The ministry's statement also urged Kyiv residents to avoid all military and administrative infrastructure facilities in the capital, which could be potential targets."
"A later statement said that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had advised US Secretary of State Marco Rubio of the plan and urged him to evacuate his embassy staff from Kyiv. Moscow said these planned strikes were in response to a drone strike on a student dormitory in Starobilsk, in the Russian-occupied Luhansk region of Ukraine, which killed at least 18 people."
"Ukraine has greatly improved its drone warfare capabilities in recent months, leading to more successful targeting of Russian military and energy infrastructure. Most of these drones are homegrown interceptors, which have been designed to pursue attack enemy unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) before they hit their targets. They can also carry a wider range of payloads and do not self-destruct, unlike one-way drones, so they can be used repeatedly."
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