US embassy in Kyiv shuts down over anticipated air attack

The warning comes a day after Ukraine used US ATACMS missiles to strike Russian territory

Servicemen of the 24th Mechanised Brigade fire 2s5 self-propelled 152mm howitzer towards Russian positions near Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region, Ukraine. Picture: Oleg Petrasiuk/Ukrainian 24th Mechanised Brigade via AP)

The US embassy in Kyiv has received information of a potential significant air attack on Wednesday and will be closed, the US 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 US embassy in Kyiv.