The US embassy in Kiev, Ukraine, issued a warning on Wednesday after receiving “specific information of a possible significant airstrike”.
The embassy there has been temporarily closed following the alert and employees are being asked to shelter in place.
“The U.S. Embassy advises U.S. citizens to be prepared to evacuate immediately in the event of an air alert,” the statement said.
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FILE – The U.S. Embassy in Kiev, Ukraine, has issued an alert saying it has “specific information of a possible significant airstrike” on Wednesday. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
Employees are asked to take the following steps:
- Monitor local media for updates.
- Identify shelters before any air warning.
- If an air alert is declared, take shelter immediately.
- In the event of an emergency, follow the instructions of Ukrainian authorities and first responders.
A training session involving about 2,000 Ukrainian soldiers and veterans takes place in the muddy fields of the Champagne military camp in eastern France on November 14. (Reuters/John Irish)
It comes after Ukraine fired a US-supplied long-range missile into Russia on Tuesday, Kiev’s first in the 1,000-day war, which President Biden authorized on Sunday. was given
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More than 1,000 days have passed since Russia invaded Ukraine in early 2022, and the conflict remains active. (Oleksandr Gimanov/AFP via Getty Images)
This was not the first time the embassy had issued a warning of a possible threat and significant attack.
He issued a similar warning on August 24, Ukraine’s Independence Day.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a revised nuclear doctrine on Tuesday, warning that any attack on Russia by a nuclear-armed country could trigger a nuclear response.
Fox News Digital’s Elizabeth Pritchett contributed to this report.
