Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova urged diplomats to evacuate Kyiv ahead of a possible Russian “retaliatory strike on decision-making centers.”

“The Russian Foreign Ministry calls on the authorities of your country or the leadership of your organization to treat this statement with the utmost seriousness and to ensure the timely evacuation from Kyiv of diplomatic and other mission personnel, as well as citizens, due to the inevitability of a retaliatory strike by the Russian Armed Forces on Kyiv, including decision-making centers.”