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The US State Department’s Division of Consular Affairs said in a statement published on the website of the US Embassy in Kyiv that out of an abundance of caution, the embassy will be closed and embassy staff are being directed to shelter in place.
The United States closed its embassy in Kiev after receiving reports of a potentially significant airstrike amid an escalation in the Russia-Ukraine war. The US State Department’s Division of Consular Affairs said in a statement published on the website of the US Embassy in Kyiv that out of an abundance of caution, the embassy will be closed and embassy staff are being directed to shelter in place.
A day before this, Russia had said that US-made long-range missiles were used in the Ukrainian attack on an arms warehouse in the Bryansk region. US President Joe Biden has given Ukraine the green light to use US-made long-range missiles. Russian President Vladimir Putin said in September that if the West allowed Ukraine to attack deep into Russia with long-range weapons, “it would mean that NATO countries, the United States and European countries would attack Russia.” Involved in war together.
The leaders of the world’s 20 major economies gathered again for a brief meeting on Tuesday, after issuing a joint declaration a day earlier. The declaration calls for a global agreement to fight hunger, more aid for war-torn Gaza and an end to hostilities in Middle East and Ukraine. The joint statement was supported by group members, but complete consensus could not be reached. It also called for future reforms to impose a global tax on billionaires and allow for the expansion of the permanent membership of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).
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