Russia tells US to pull its diplomats and citizens from Ukraine capital

B BloombergSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-05-26 · 07:16 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov contacted US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the request of President Vladimir Putin. Lavrov advised Blinken to evacuate US citizens and diplomats from Kyiv, stating that Russia plans to continue heavy strikes on the Ukrainian capital. According to a Russian Foreign Ministry statement, Russia is conducting systematic strikes against facilities in Kyiv and "decision-making centres." The US State Department confirmed the call was initiated by Lavrov and that the two officials discussed the Russia-Ukraine war, bilateral relations, and the situation in Iran.

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The US State Department confirmed the call was at Lavrov's request.

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The parties exchanged views on the Russia-Ukraine war, bilateral relations, and the situation in Iran.

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Russia is launching systematic and consistent strikes against facilities in Kyiv and relevant “decision-making centres”.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov advised US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to evacuate US diplomats and citizens from Kyiv.

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Russia plans to continue heavy strikes on the Ukrainian capital.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called US State Secretary Marco Rubio to advise him to evacuate US citizens and diplomats from Kyiv, as the Kremlin plans to continue heavy strikes on the Ukrainian capital, according to a statement published by the Russian Foreign Ministry on Monday.Lavrov called his US counterpart at the request of President Vladimir Putin to tell him that Russia was launching systematic and consistent strikes against facilities in Kyiv as well as against the relevant “decision-making centres”.The US State Department said the two spoke at Lavrov’s request. “The parties exchanged views on the Russia-Ukraine-war" class="entity-link entity-event" data-entity-id="1200" data-entity-type="event">Russia-Ukraine war, bilateral relations, and the situation in Iran,” department spokesman Tommy Pigott said.

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