The Embassy of Kazakhstan in Kyiv called on its citizens to leave Ukrainian territory if possible, the press service of the diplomatic mission reports on Monday, October 10.
“The Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan urges its citizens to refrain from traveling to Ukraine, and those who are in the country not to neglect air raid signals and stay in shelters and bomb shelters,” the statement said, which was published on the embassy’s Telegram channel.
Earlier in the day, the American embassy in Kyiv urged Americans to leave Ukraine.
On Monday morning, explosions thundered in large cities of Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that at the suggestion of the Russian Defense Ministry, a massive strike was carried out with high-precision weapons on military infrastructure in Ukraine. Military command and energy facilities were also hit. There were about four explosions in Kyiv. A video of a fire in the building of the Security Service of Ukraine on Tereshchenkovskaya Street in the Shevchenko district of the Ukrainian capital appeared on the Web.
Eyewitnesses report that the Kyiv thermal power plant is engulfed in fire. The movement of the subway in Kyiv is suspended.
According to some reports, a number of districts of Lviv and Ternopil in western Ukraine were left without electricity. In some cities, there is no water supply, and there are also interruptions in the Internet. In Kharkiv and Kyiv, the metro was suspended.
Explosions were reported in Dnipro, Lvov, Odessa and other cities. Residents were urged to stay in shelters.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky announced a threat to energy facilities across the country. He also announced an air raid alert.
Users of the Ukrainian segment of social networks distributed a map of Ukrainian cities with marks of explosions.
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