US Embassy in Kyiv closed as 'potential significant air attack' looms

The U.S. Embassy successful Kyiv, Ukraine, issued a informing aft receiving "specific accusation of a imaginable important aerial attack" allegedly taking spot connected Wednesday.

The embassy determination is temporarily closed pursuing the alert and employees are being asked to structure successful place.

"The U.S. Embassy recommends U.S. citizens beryllium prepared to instantly structure successful the lawsuit an aerial alert is announced," the connection said.

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FILE - The U.S. Embassy successful Kyiv, Ukraine, has released a informing stating they person "specific accusation of a imaginable important aerial attack" taking spot connected Wednesday. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Employees are being asked to instrumentality the pursuing actions:

• Monitor section media for updates
• Identify structure locations successful beforehand of immoderate aerial alert
• Immediately instrumentality structure if an aerial alert is announced
• Follow the directions of Ukrainian officials and archetypal responders successful the lawsuit of an emergency

A grooming league involving immoderate 2,000 Ukrainian conscripts and veterans takes spot successful the muddy fields of the Champagne subject campy successful eastbound France connected Nov. 14. (REUTERS/John Irish)

This comes aft Ukraine fired American-supplied long-range missiles into Russia connected Tuesday, marking the archetypal clip for Kyiv to bash truthful successful the 1,000 days of war, which was authorized by President Biden connected Sunday.

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It has been implicit 1,000 days since Russia invaded Ukraine successful aboriginal 2022, and the struggle remains precise active. (Oleksandr Gimanov/AFP via Getty Images)

This was not the archetypal clip the embassy has issued a informing of imaginable information and a important attack. 

It besides issued a akin informing astir Ukraine's Independence Day connected Aug. 24. 

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Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a revised nuclear doctrine connected Tuesday, informing that immoderate onslaught connected Russia supported by a state with atomic powerfulness could beryllium grounds for a atomic response.

Fox News Digital's Elizabeth Pritchett contributed to this report.