US embassy in Kyiv shuts down over anticipated air attack

Ukrainian soldiers hold candles during a memorial ceremony marking 1,000 days of the Russia Ukraine war in Kyiv. Photo: AP

The U.S. embassy in Kyiv has received information of a potential significant air attack on Wednesday and will be closed, the U.S. Department of State Consular Affairs said in a statement.

“Out of an abundance of caution, the embassy will be closed, and embassy employees are being instructed to shelter in place,” the department said in a statement published on the website of the U.S. embassy in Kyiv.