Moscow announces the start of strikes on air defense facilities in Kyiv and calls on diplomats to leave the capital

The Russian Foreign Ministry announced the start of a series of strikes that it said were targeting facilities belonging to Ukraine’s air defense industry in the capital, Kyiv, as part of a new military escalation between the two sides.

In the same context, Moscow called on foreigners and diplomats to leave the Ukrainian capital, warning of the possibility of additional strikes in the coming period, without providing details on the timing or scope of the military operations.