Ukrainian officials criticized several foreign embassies for close their offices in Kyiv amid fears of a potential Russian airstrike. On Wednesday, Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry criticized the “media frenzy” that prompted diplomats from the United States, Spain, Italy and Greece to suspend operations. US embassy sources told Ukrainian media Sigh that Washington acted on the threat of a combined drone and missile strike from Russia.

“On this 1001st day of the full-scale invasion, the threat of Russian bombing is as pressing as it has been for the last thousand days,” Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry said. said Wednesday. “We think it would be appropriate for our partners to react to the 1,001st day as they did to the previous thousand, without any additional media frenzy.”

One separate statementThe Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian military accused Russia of carrying out “a large-scale informational and psychological attack”. The directorate noted that fake messages from its office were spread on social media and messaging platforms containing warnings of a possible “particularly massive” Russian missile and bomb attack on Ukrainian cities. “This message is fake,” the Ukrainian agency said.

In recent weeks, Russia has stepped up its attacks on civilian infrastructure in Ukraine, launching drone and missile strikes against Kiev, Odessa and other cities and regions. On Sunday, November 17, Russia fired 120 missiles and 90 drones, mostly targeting energy facilities.