{"id":2118,"date":"2026-10-04T00:04:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T19:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2118"},"modified":"2026-10-04T00:04:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T19:04:16","slug":"russia-pledges-to-continue-massive-strikes-on-kyiv-urges-foreign-diplomats-to-leave-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2118","title":{"rendered":"Russia pledges to continue massive strikes on Kyiv, urges foreign diplomats to leave city"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Russia said on Saturday it would continue to carry out targeted retaliatory strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian \u200bcities and urged foreign nationals and diplomats to leave \u200cthe capital.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that \u201cin response to the Ukrainian Armed Forces\u2019 terrorist acts against the civilian population and \u200bcivilian infrastructure of our country, the Armed Forces of \u200bthe Russian Federation are continuing to systematically carry \u2060out targeted strikes on military facilities in Kyiv and other \u200bUkrainian cities\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs once again warns \u200bforeign nationals, including diplomatic mission staff, against staying in Ukraine or travelling to its territory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cResponsibility for any adverse consequences lies entirely with those who \u200bignore this warning,\u201d the ministry said.<\/p>\n<p>Russia has recently escalated \u200bstrikes on infrastructure in the Ukrainian capital, hitting a bridge across the \u200cDnipro \u2060river in an air attack on Saturday. The intensifying campaign has upended life for the capital\u2019s 3 million residents ahead of the bitter winter months.<\/p>\n<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin said this week that \u200bUkraine was \u200bpaying the price \u2060for its own attacks on Russia and would continue to do so as Moscow\u2019s forces \u200bsystematically strike different targets there.<\/p>\n<p>Both Russia and Ukraine \u200bhave \u2060stepped up attacks on the other side\u2019s grain vessels in the Black Sea in recent months, while Russian oil refineries and \u2060other \u200benterprises continue to come under Ukrainian \u200bshelling and Ukrainian drones kill civilians in Russian border regions.<\/p>\n<p>Both sides deny targeting \u200bcivilians or civilian infrastructure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia said on Saturday it would continue to carry out targeted retaliatory strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian \u200bcities and urged foreign nationals and diplomats to leave \u200cthe capital. In a statement, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that \u201cin response to the Ukrainian Armed Forces\u2019 terrorist acts against the civilian population and \u200bcivilian infrastructure of our country, the Armed Forces of \u200bthe Russian Federation are continuing to systematically carry \u2060out targeted strikes on military facilities in Kyiv and other \u200bUkrainian cities\u201d. \u201cThe Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs once again warns&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2118\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}