Western embassies in Kyiv temporarily closed due to potential air attack threats.

Several Western embassies in Kyiv, including those of the US, Italy, Spain, and Greece, have temporarily closed due to threats of a potential air attack. This move comes amid heightened tensions in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, marked by overnight air raid sirens and Ukraine's use of US-supplied long-range missiles to strike Russian territory. The UK and Israel, however, have kept their embassies open.

November 20, 2024
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