Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov informed US Secretary of State Marco Rubio about planned 'systematic and consistent strikes' on Kyiv, advising the evacuation of US citizens and diplomats. The move signals potential escalation of conflict in the Ukrainian capital.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called US State Secretary Marco Rubio to advise him to evacuate US citizens and diplomats from Kyiv, as the Kremlin plans to continue heavy strikes on the Ukrainian capital, according to a statement published by the Russian Foreign Ministry on Monday. Lavrov called his US counterpart at the request of President Vladimir Putin to tell him that Russia was launching systematic and consistent strikes against facilities in Kyiv as well as against the relevant...