“The cup is full.†Quoted by the official Russian agency Tass, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced, Monday May 25, that Russian forces are launching “systematic strikes against companies in the military-industrial complex†Ukrainian in kyiv. In the same press release, Moscow urges foreigners to leave the capital and asks residents not to approach military or administrative sites. The warning is immediately coupled with a message to Washington.
Interfax, another Russian agency, reports that Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs, called, “on instructions from Vladimir Putin†, the American Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, to recommend the evacuation of American diplomatic personnel. “Lavrov called me to tell me personally… Rubio told reporters during a trip to India.
In Brussels and Paris, however, the ultimatum did not produce the hoped-for effect. Agency media in exile, underlines that the Europeans refuse to evacuate their missions. The EU ambassador to Ukraine, Katarina Mathernova, criticizes a “threat against diplomats and foreignersâ€. “Russia wants fear. Panic. The isolation of Ukraine. It doesn’t work. We will not leave… she retorts. An evacuation is “hors de these
