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US and European embassies in Kyiv shut over threat of ‘significant’ Russian attack

November 20, 2024
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The US and several European embassies in Kyiv have temporarily closed their doors after Washington received intelligence that Russia is planning a large-scale attack on the Ukrainian capital.

In a rare warning, the US embassy said it “received specific information of a potential significant air attack on November 20”, prompting it to shut on Wednesday and advising its staff to “shelter in place”. The embassies of Italy and Greece followed suit and also closed for the day. The Spanish embassy told all its staff to work from home on Wednesday.

A US embassy official told the Financial Times the intelligence was about “a combined missile and drone attack”, adding that the attack was unrelated to Russia lowering the threshold for its use of nuclear weapons.

“This is a temporary change in posture and we anticipate a quick return to regular operations,” they said.

France and the UK said they decided not to close their embassies on Wednesday but advised citizens to take extra precautions.

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Tuesday for nuclear weapons use to include attacks by advanced western weapons systems. Earlier on Tuesday, Ukraine launched its first strike on Russian soil using US Atacms missiles, targeting a Russian military arsenal in Bryansk region.

The US embassy has issued these kinds of statements only a handful of times since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

It instructed staff to shelter in place and urged US citizens in Ukraine to seek shelter, monitor local media and follow the guidance of Ukrainian authorities. It warned US citizens to prepare for possible temporary loss of electricity by having reserves of water, food and medication.

The heightened security measure came three days after Joe Biden’s administration lifted restrictions on Ukraine’s use of US-supplied Atacms inside Russia, marking a big policy shift before Donald Trump takes office in January.

The alert reflected growing concerns over Russia’s latest escalating wave of deadly drone and missile strikes that have destroyed or damaged residential buildings and critical infrastructure.

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Ukraine’s authorities rely on their Nato partners for intelligence relating to potential strikes and such a statement by the embassy meant there was “a definite risk”, said Yuriy Ignat, a spokesperson for Ukraine’s air defence forces.

Ignat said there was nothing that Ukraine could add to bolster its air defences in light of the heightened threat, as everything the country had was already in use and overstretched. “We just need to shoot down as much as possible.”

Russia has intensified its attacks in recent months, with the number of drones deployed on a monthly basis more than quadrupling in October compared with August.

Ukraine’s air defence forces said they were able to down only 56 out of 122 Russian drones launched early on Wednesday.

Andriy Kovalenko of the Center for Countering Disinformation, a Ukrainian government communications platform, said on Wednesday that Russia had accumulated significant stockpiles of missiles “for potential large-scale strikes on Ukraine”.

He further warned people “to remain vigilant” and respond to the air raid alerts.

Additional reporting by Eleni Varvitsioti in Athens and Barney Jopson in Madrid

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