US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has stated that he informed President Donald Trump about possible Russian plans to strike Kyiv following a phone call with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on May 25.
Rubio said the Russian side had issued warnings to all embassies that staying in Kyiv could be dangerous, Caliber.Az reports, citing Russian media.
He added that Lavrov had also contacted him directly to pass on the message.
According to him, Russian President Vladimir Putin had asked Lavrov to relay the message to the US president directly.
Rubio said he subsequently briefed Trump on the matter.
“Well, they sent a notice to all the embassies, and I think he was just calling me personally to tell me – they told all the embassies to – Kyiv’s going to be a very dangerous place – Kyiv’s been a very dangerous place now for a number of years,” Rubio noted.
By Bakhtiyar Abbasov
