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By SUSIE BLANN and BARRY HATTON<\/strong><\/p>\n

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) \u2014 Russia fired more than 100 drones and two ballistic missiles at Ukraine overnight, the Ukrainian air force said Tuesday, as the country\u2019s foreign ministry noted that Moscow\u2019s recent threat to hit Kyiv especially hard from the air brought nothing new.<\/p>\n

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Russia on Monday urged foreign citizens, including members of diplomatic missions, to leave the Ukrainian capital as quickly as possible and told residents to steer clear of military and government facilities. It said that \u201csystemic strikes\u201d on Kyiv were being prepared.<\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio by phone Monday that the U.S. should evacuate its diplomatic staff from Kyiv, a foreign ministry statement said. Rubio didn\u2019t say whether the State Department would take that step, but expressed concern during a trip to India that the \u201cterrible\u201d war in Ukraine could escalate further.<\/p>\n

The Trump administration has tried for more than a year to stop the fighting that broke out after Russia\u2019s February 2022 invasion. But its efforts yielded no significant breakthrough and are now on ice as Washington focuses on the Iran war.<\/p>\n

No diplomats say they are leaving Kyiv<\/h4>\n

There were no announcements of diplomatic departures from Kyiv. The European Union, French and Polish delegations publicly said that they would not leave.<\/p>\n

The level of security threats posed by Russia to Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities \u201cremains the same as in previous years and months,\u201d Ukraine\u2019s foreign ministry said in a statement late Monday.<\/p>\n

Russia has continuously launched missile and drone attacks on the capital for more than four years, it pointed out, adding that Ukraine was prepared to assist diplomatic missions seeking additional security measures.<\/p>\n

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Russia said its biggest missile attack of the year last weekend was a response to Friday\u2019s deadly Ukrainian drone strike on what Moscow said was a college dormitory in Starobilsk, a city in Ukraine\u2019s Russia-occupied Luhansk region.<\/p>\n

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But the Ukrainian General Staff said that its strike in Starobilsk hit the local headquarters of the Russian military\u2019s special drone unit.<\/p>\n

Ukraine remains short of air defense missiles<\/h4>\n

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy noted that sophisticated American-made air defense systems that Ukraine needs to stop Russian ballistic missiles are in short supply due to the Iran war.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, there has been no progress for a long time with America on expanding the production of anti-ballistic capabilities,\u201d Zelenskyy said on social media late Monday, adding that Kyiv is working with Europe to improve its own anti-ballistic capabilities in sufficient quantities.<\/p>\n

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He noted that Ukrainian battlefield gains in recent months have enabled it to \u201cstabilize\u201d the 1,250-kilometer (780-mile) front line in eastern and southern Ukraine, suggesting that Kyiv\u2019s forces are holding their own against Russia\u2019s bigger army.<\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s spring offensive is floundering as Ukraine\u2019s midrange drone strikes disrupt its rear supply lines, according to the Institute for the Study of War.<\/p>\n

Moscow\u2019s warning of major strikes aims to distract public attention from its \u201cpoor battlefield performance\u201d and an economic pinch caused by war costs and international sanctions, the Washington-based think tank said late Monday.<\/p>\n

Hatton reported from Lisbon, Portugal. Elise Morton in London contributed.<\/em><\/p>\n

Follow the AP\u2019s coverage of the war in Ukraine at <\/em>https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/russia-ukraine<\/em><\/p>\n

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