Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called U.S. State Secretary Marco Rubio to advise him to evacuate U.S. 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 Monday.

Lavrov called his U.S. counterpart at the request of President Vladimir Putin to tell him that Russia is launching systematic and consistent strikes against facilities in Kyiv as well as against the relevant “decision-making centers,” according to the statement.

Russia has bombed Ukrainian cities regularly, Kyiv included, since 2022. However, this Sunday, Ukraine came under a massive Russian drone and missile barrage that included an Oreshnik ballistic missile. Moscow framed the attack as retaliation for the recent Ukrainian drone attack on a college in the Russia-occupied Luhansk region that killed 21 students.

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