{"id":331728,"date":"2026-10-04T07:00:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T07:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=331728"},"modified":"2026-10-04T07:53:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T07:53:36","slug":"russia-warns-diplomats-foreigners-to-leave-kyiv-over-strike-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=331728","title":{"rendered":"Russia warns diplomats, foreigners to leave Kyiv over strike threat"},"content":{"rendered":"

RT\u0114– Oct 3, 2026<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Russia has issued a new call for diplomats and foreigners to leave Kyiv, warning the Ukrainian capital of “massive” strikes, in a statement by its foreign ministry.<\/p>\n

Moscow has been pummelling Ukraine with drone and missile barrages throughout its offensive and in the past weeks has stepped up the strikes against Kyiv, targeting key infrastructure.<\/p>\n

In a statement, the Russian foreign ministry said it “had previously urged foreign nationals and diplomats in Kyiv to leave the city and refrain from visiting Ukraine.”<\/p>\n

“We note with concern that not everyone has heeded these warnings, and that individuals are knowingly exposing themselves to mortal danger,” the ministry said.<\/p>\n

“The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will continue to deliver massive retaliatory strikes,” it warned.<\/p>\n

It also stated that “responsibility for any potential negative consequences rests entirely with those who ignore this warning.”<\/p>\n

A Russian strike targeted a major bridge in Kyiv, its mayor said this morning, in another attack on Ukrainian infrastructure that has brought traffic chaos to the capital.<\/p>\n

The attack on the Northern Bridge, which followed a drone alert, came a day after the Southern Bridge was hit in a wave of strikes that city officials say is “tearing Kyiv apart”<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Northern Bridge has been hit,” Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram. “Emergency services are heading to the scene.”<\/p>\n

In another update, mR Klitschko said the attack had damaged the road surface and trolleybus wires on the bridge.<\/p>\n

“Traffic across the bridge from the left bank to the right bank is currently blocked,” he said.<\/p>\n

The latest strike follows multiple attacks on crossings over the Dnipro river that link the eastern and western parts of the capital.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, authorities shut the Southern Bridge – one of Kyiv’s main bridges – and restricted movement on another after a wave of strikes by fast-moving, jet-powered drones, causing severe traffic congestion across the capital.<\/p>\n

Long lines of stationary cars and buses clogged major roads as commuters sought alternate routes, with some forced to continue their journeys on foot.<\/p>\n

The Southern Bridge is one of eight crossings connecting the two sides of Kyiv.<\/p>\n

The cable-stayed structure had already been hit several times since Thursday, according to city officials.
\nMr Klitschko warned yesterday that the capital should now be on a war footing.<\/p>\n

President Volodymyr Zelensky accused his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, of ripping up the rulebook of armed conflict by sanctioning massive attacks on civilian areas, an accusation the Kremlin has rejected.<\/p>\n

In Odesa, Russia attacked a Liberian-flagged cargo \u2060ship in one of Ukraine’s Black Sea ports, killing one person and injuring three, the Ukrainian \u200csea \u2060ports administration said on Saturday.<\/p>\n

It said in a statement on the Telegram app that 13 \u200cother crew members were evacuated to safety.<\/p>\n

Separately, one \u2060person was killed and two more were injured \u2060in a Ukrainian attack on Russia’s Belgorod region, which \u200cborders \u2060Ukraine, \u200cthe TASS state news \u2060agency reported.<\/p>\n

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