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25 May 2026, 19:26 GMT+10
Moscow has urged foreigners to leave the Ukrainian capital and warned residents to stay away from military, industrial and government sites
Kiev's deadly attack on a college dorm in the Russian town of Starobelsk last week was the "last straw" for Russia, and it will be conducting "systematic strikes" on assorted targets across the Ukrainian capital from now on, the Foreign Ministry in Moscow has announced.
The ministry made the statement on Monday, a day after a large-scale retaliatory strike on Kiev, prompted by the drone attack on the college in the Lugansk People's Republic. The Ukrainian strike killed at least 21 people in their dormitory, mainly teenage girls.
The Starobelsk attack has become yet another testament to "the Nazi and terrorist nature of the Kiev regime, which deliberately targets civilians and does not hesitate to murder children in cold blood," the ministry said, warning that Moscow is shifting its approach to the Ukraine conflict.
"This was the last straw. Under these circumstances, the Russian Armed Forces will be launching systematic strikes against the Ukrainian military-industrial complex in Kiev, including locations where UAVs are designed, manufactured, programmed, and prepared for use," the ministry said, adding that the campaign will also affect "decision-making centers and command posts."
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