AI-Generated by Grok – Russia’s Lavrov and US Rubio against the background of Kiev on fireThe US deserved a personal alert from the Russians.After the Ukrainian attack targeting a college dorm that killed 21 students, mostly young women, the Russians vowed ‘strategic’ attacks against decision-making centers in the capital, Kiev.After Saturday (23), when Mosco unleashed 90 missiles and 600 drones against Kiev, we learned that the attack was just the beginning.After the Foreign Ministry made a general warning for diplomatic missions to leave the city, and for citizens to avoid Military, Industrial, and Government Sites, we learned today (26) that a more specific warning was transmitted personally to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. On May 25, Russia’s FM #Lavrov & US Secretary of State @SecRubio spoke over the phoneLavrov officially conveyed to the US: in response to the Kiev regime’s continued terrorist attacks, Russian Armed Forces are launching systematic strikes on Kievhttps://t.co/kCqkcxjO71 pic.twitter.com/ehUoTuCCNi— MFA Russia (@mfa_russia) May 25, 2026“On May 25, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio had a telephone conversation.On instructions from Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, Sergey Lavrov officially conveyed to the US Side that, in response to the Kiev regime’s continued terrorist attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure on Russian territory, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are launching systematic and consistent strikes against facilities located in Kiev that are used for the needs of the Ukrainian military, as well as against the relevant decision-making centers.Sergey Lavrov drew attention to the Russian Foreign Ministry’s statement of May 25, which recommended that the US, along with other countries with diplomatic missions in Kiev, ensure the evacuation of their diplomatic personnel and other citizens from the Ukrainian capital.The Minister recalled the agreements on the Ukrainian conflict reached at the highest level at the proposal of the US in Anchorage in August 2025, and expressed regret that the aggressive efforts of the European elites and the Kiev regime are undermining these agreements, which had opened the way to a sustainable long-term settlement based on a balance of interests.They exchanged assessments of diplomatic initiatives aimed at overcoming the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz and of the situation surrounding Cuba.Sergey Lavrov and Marco Rubio reaffirmed their mutual commitment, notwithstanding known differences, to step up efforts to normalize the working conditions of the diplomatic missions of Russia and the US on each other’s territory.”Kiev under attack in June 2025Bloomberg reported:“Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov advised US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to evacuate US citizens and diplomats from Kiev as the Kremlin plans to continue heavy strikes on the Ukrainian capital, the Foreign Ministry in Moscow said.Lavrov called his US counterpart at the request of President Vladimir Putin to tell him that Russia is launching systematic and consistent strikes against facilities in Kiev as well as relevant ‘decision-making centers’, according to the statement published late Monday.”Marco Rubio:Kyiv has been a dangerous place for a number of years. But the danger in all these wars, as they continue and go on, is that they always carry the threat of escalation — of spreading into something new.So I spoke to Lavrov yesterday about that and a couple of… pic.twitter.com/iMp9CJq7Z2— Clash Report (@clashreport) May 26, 2026Read more:Kremlin Confirms That Putin Is Considering Travelling to Miami for G20 Summit in December/*! This file is auto-generated */!function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i