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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned Friday that Russia was preparing a “new massive strike” on Ukraine and urged people to follow air alerts and protect their lives.
Zelenskyy said Ukrainian intelligence had received information about the planned attack, days after Kyiv was hit by one of Russia’s largest bombardments since the Kremlin’s full-scale invasion in 2022.
“We have intelligence information about Russia preparing a new massive strike,” Zelenskyy said in a social media message.
“Please pay attention to air alerts, protect your lives. Our services are working efficiently and are prepared; the Air Force and other defenders of our skies will be on duty 24/7, as always,” he added.
Kyiv was hit particularly hard last weekend by a large Russian bombardment, one of the biggest attacks since the start of the full-scale war.
Moscow has warned foreign diplomats to leave Kyiv and threatened to escalate attacks.
Russia said the warning came as it sought revenge for a Ukrainian strike on a dormitory and a vocational high school in the Russian-occupied Luhansk region, which Moscow said killed 21 people.
Ukraine has also stepped up strikes on occupied territories and inside Russia in response to daily Russian bombardments.
Zelenskyy has repeated his call for allies to allow and finance the supply of Patriot missiles, which can intercept Russian ballistic missiles.
Earlier this week, he wrote to U.S. President Donald Trump and the U.S. Congress asking for Patriot systems to respond to intensifying Russian air attacks.
U.S.-mediated efforts to negotiate an end to the war have stalled since the outbreak of war in the Middle East, which has absorbed Washington’s attention and resources.
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