00:21Russia just told every foreigner in Kyiv, diplomats, aid workers, journalists, get out now.
00:29Russia's foreign ministry has issued a direct public warning that systematic strikes on Kyiv are coming,
00:35and they're telling every foreign citizen in the city to leave as soon as possible.
00:40That includes embassy staff, international organization personnel, everyone.
00:46Monday's statement from Russia's Ministry of Defense was unusually specific.
00:50They're not just threatening strikes, they're naming the targets.
00:53Quote,
01:03And then they added something that made the world pay attention.
01:06They said these facilities are, quote, scattered throughout Kyiv.
01:11That's not a surgical strike warning, that's a blanket threat over an entire capital city.
01:16They also urged Kyiv residents to stay away from anything military or administrative.
01:22When Russia starts warning its own potential victims, that's when you know something significant is being planned.
01:28So, what set this off?
01:30Russia says this is retaliation for a Ukrainian drone strike on a student dormitory in Starobisk,
01:37a Russian-occupied area of the Luhansk region that killed at least 18 people.
01:43Moscow called that strike the, quote,
01:45Ukraine has dramatically escalated its drone warfare in recent months,
01:51successfully hitting Russian energy infrastructure deep inside Russian territory.
01:55Moscow has called those attacks terrorism.
01:58And now, with casualties mounting on the Russian side,
02:02Putin appears to have decided it's time to respond in kind and loudly.
02:06Here's the detail that should make everyone nervous.
02:09Over the weekend, Russia already launched a massive barrage of drones and missiles at Ukraine,
02:15killing four, wounding dozens.
02:17Among the weapons used was the Oreshnik hypersonic missile,
02:21capable of traveling ten times the speed of sound and designed to carry nuclear warheads.
02:27Russia isn't just threatening with words, it's showing you the arsenal first.
02:32This is the same playbook Russia used earlier this month
02:35when it threatened massive strikes on central Kyiv
02:38if Ukraine disrupted its Victory Day parade on Red Square.
02:42That threat worked.
02:43Now it's back, louder, with a body count attached to justify it.
02:47Four years into Europe's deadliest conflict since World War II
02:52and instead of de-escalation, we're watching both sides push harder than ever.
02:57Systematic strikes evacuate the diplomats,
03:00hypersonic missiles already in the air.
03:03Kyiv is bracing and the world is watching.
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