On Monday, the Italian foreign ministry told Italians to leave Ukraine amid Russian cruise missile and drone attacks in Kyiv and across the country.
In a tweet, the Farnesina said:
“We strongly recommend that co-nationals still present in Ukraine should leave the country.
“Travel to Ukraine in any form is absolutely forbidden.
The tweet was released by the Italian embassy in Ukraine following a string of “armed attacks in Kyiv and on Ukraine’s territory.”
Russia attacked Ukrainian cities with drones during morning rush hour, killing at least four people in an apartment building in Kyiv.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in his Monday evening video address, said there had been more attacks:
“Right now, there is a new Russian drone attack. There are (drones) that have been shot down.”
Interfax Ukraine news agency said Telegram users had reported blasts in the town of Fastiv just outside Kyiv, as well as in the southern port of Odesa.
Russian forces also targeted infrastructure across Ukraine in the second wave of air strikes in a week, like the first coming in the morning with people going to work and school.
Ukrainian soldiers fired into the air trying to shoot down the drones after blasts rocked the capital Kyiv on Monday morning. An anti-aircraft rocket could be seen streaking into the morning sky, followed by an explosion and orange flames, as residents raced for shelter.
― With AAP.
