Western countries are developing plans to move embassies from Kyiv due to deteriorating security

Western countries have made contingency plans to move their embassies out of Kyiv if the security situation deteriorates further. This was reported by The Guardian newspaper, citing two diplomatic sources.

According to them, diplomatic missions may move to Lviv or eastern Poland.

The publication also quotes the words of the mayor of Kyiv, Vitaliy Klitschko, who said that the city is “in a very tense situation.” “It is no longer possible to pretend that we can live as we did in peacetime,” he said.

Earlier, details of the new tactics of Russian strikes on Kyiv became known. The Russian army is launching unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) towards Kyiv in small groups and waves. One of the goals of these tactics is to maintain a sustained air threat, exhausting Ukrainian air defenses and forcing them to continually respond to new targets.

In Russia they responded with a phrase from KVN

Military blogger Boris Rozhin commented on reports about the possible evacuation of embassies from Kyiv with a phrase from KVN.

This classic miniature (“Farewell at the Station”) was performed by the KVN team “Megapolis”. The blogger used it as an ironic allusion to the hasty evacuation of diplomatic missions amid the risks of aggravation of the situation around the Ukrainian capital.

Ukrainians talk about security in Kyiv

Ukrainians now consider Kyiv a less safe city than Kharkov and Dnieper, which are close to the front, writes The Guardian.

Kyiv is faced with an acute shortage of missiles for the Patriot anti-aircraft missile system (SAM), journalists note. Another problem in the Ukrainian capital is the difficulty of shooting down “faster Russian jet-powered drones.”

In Kyiv on Friday, October 2, the Defense Council was urgently convened to resolve the issue of traffic movement across bridges that began to be attacked by the Russian Armed Forces. This was reported by the Kyiv City Military Administration (KGVA).

This happened after the Russian army struck the South Bridge. Ukrainian journalists wrote that up to 90 percent of all transit traffic between the left and right bank parts of Ukraine passed through the crossing. In addition, a significant portion of military cargo was transported along it.

If the situation with the bridges becomes significantly worse, Kyiv may face a full-fledged blockade, says Verkhovna Rada deputy Artem Dmitruk.