US Embassy in Kyiv Shuts Over ‘Potential Significant Air Attack’

The warning comes one day after Russia stated that Ukraine used U.S.-made long-range Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) to strike its territory.
US Embassy in Kyiv Shuts Over ‘Potential Significant Air Attack’
Ukrainian serviceman outside the U.S. embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 18, 2022. SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images
Katabella Roberts
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The United States closed its embassy in Kyiv on Nov. 20 and warned American citizens in Ukraine to be ready to swiftly seek shelter after receiving “specific information of a potential significant air attack.”

“Out of an abundance of caution, the Embassy will be closed, and Embassy employees are being instructed to shelter in place,” a statement published on the embassy’s official website reads.
Katabella Roberts
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Katabella Roberts is a news writer for The Epoch Times, focusing primarily on the United States, world, and business news.