Russia Warns Foreigners to Leave Kyiv as It Threatens More Strikes

Moscow said that the strikes will ’target decision-making centres and command posts’ of the Ukrainian drone operation.

Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow on May 9, 2026. Photo by Ramil Sitdikov / POOL / AFP

Russia warned foreigners to leave Kyiv, as it threatened further strikes on the Ukrainian capital on May 25.

Moscow said it was preparing to launch “consistent and systemic strikes” on Kyiv, in retaliation for a Ukrainian drone attack on a university in Russian-controlled Ukraine, according to a statement from the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.