The threats come a day after Ukraine launched a series of US-made missiles into Russian territory, with Ukrainian officials claiming Russia is using intimidation tactics against their allies.
The United States has shut its embassy in Kyiv due to what it called the threat of a significant air attack, a day after Ukraine used US missiles to hit a target inside Russia in what the Kremlin has described as an escalation in the war. Later, after an air raid siren in the early afternoon jangled nerves in the capital, Ukraine's military spy agency said Russia was trying to sow panic by circulating fake online messages about a massive looming missile and drone attack.
Russia has been signalling to the United States and its allies for weeks that if they give permission to Ukraine to strike deep into Russian territory with foreign missiles then Russia will consider it a major escalation . "Out of an abundance of caution, the embassy will be closed, and embassy employees are being instructed to shelter in place," the US Department of State Consular Affairs said in a statement on the embassy's website.
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