The Embassy of Canada to Ukraine, located in Kyiv, has temporarily suspended in-person services after U.S. officials there warned they’d received information about a “potential significant air attack,” cautioning citizens to shelter in place if they hear an air alert.
Several hours after the U.S. shared the advisory, Ukraine’s military spy agency said Russia was trying to spread misinformation with fake online messages.
“Do not ignore air raid sirens — it is safer to wait in a shelter. However, we urge you not to succumb to panic,” reads a Ukrainian-language message shared to Telegram by the agency.
The agency said Russia is “spreading a message about the threat of a ‘particularly massive’ missile and bomb attack on Ukrainian cities today … This message is a fake.”
The Spanish, Italian and Greek embassies have also shut down as a precaution.
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