US shuts Kyiv embassy amid ‘significant’ threat
Pope Francis meets Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska at the Vatican, on Wednesday.—Reuters • Ukraine fires UK Storm Shadow cruise missiles into Russia • Biden administration approves supply of antipersonnel mines to Kyiv • Kremlin says US ‘doing everything to prolong war’ • Erdogan calls missile decision ‘big mistake’ • ICBL terms latest mines’ approval ‘terrible decision’ KYIV: The United States shut its embassy in Kyiv on Wednesday morning due to what it called the threat of a significant air attack, a day after Ukraine used American missiles to hit a target inside Russia in what Moscow described as an escalation in the war. With tension already running high over the use of US-made ATACMS missiles by Kyiv and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to lower the threshold for a nuclear strike, Ukraine fired a volley of British Storm Shadow cruise missiles into Russia on Wednesday. On the other hand, in yet the latest step-up in military supplies announced by the US