US Embassy in Ukraine urges American citizens to leave the country as Russian missiles strike

THE US Embassy in Ukraine urged American citizens to leave the country immediately by ground transportation when it is safe to do so, as reported on Monday, October 10.

The US Embassy in Ukraine urges American citizens to leave the country as Russian missiles strike Kyiv and multiple Ukrainian cities.

“Russia’s continued strikes in Ukraine pose a direct threat to civilians and civilian infrastructure. The Embassy urges US citizens to shelter in place and depart Ukraine now using privately available ground transportation options when it is safe to do so,” the embassy wrote on Monday, October 10.

Russia’s continued strikes in Ukraine pose a direct threat to civilians and civilian infrastructure. The Embassy urges US citizens to shelter in place and depart Ukraine now using privately available ground transportation options when it is safe to do so. https://t.co/0Y5V9TLBYX

— U.S. Embassy Kyiv (@USEmbassyKyiv) October 10, 2022

The news comes after Belarus officially joined Russia in the war against Ukraine after Putin and Lukashenko agreed to deploy joint regional grouping of troops.

Multiple Ukrainian cities have been attacked today by Russian forces, which started when Kyiv was hit by Russian missiles on Monday, October 10.

According to early reports and videos making the rounds on social media, multiple Ukrainian cities have been attacked by Russian missiles this morning after Russia’s Crimean Bridge exploded over the weekend – which the country’s State Duma called a “declaration of war”.

Following reports of strikes in Kyiv and Dnipro, Lviv, Ternopil, Zhytomyr, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, Khmelnytskyi and Kremenchuk have all reportedly been hit on Monday, October 10.

The attacks this morning come after Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed a cruel ex-jailbird general as the new commander of his troops following losses and the firing of yet another general.

A report by Defence spokesperson Igor Konashenkov on Saturday, October 8 said that Serguei Surovikin would take control of the troops in Ukraine.

In his report, Konashenkov said that Surovikin will now be “Commander of the Joint Group of Troops in the area of ​​​​the special military operation.”

Surovikin, who until now commanded the forces on the southern flank, replaces General Alexander Dvornikov, who had been the top man in the command chain since April.

According to the former deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Ilya Kiva, the attacks in Ukraine’s Kyiv were a result of Zelensky’s earlier decisions and actions.

“Ukraine and Kyiv today are the result of Zelensky’s earlier decisions and actions,” he said.

“He has done everything for it.”

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