US ask its citizens to leave Russia immediately due to risk of arbitrary arrest by Russian law enforcement agencies

Moscow said on Monday that its forces had pushed forward a few kilometres along Ukraine’s frontline, while Kyiv said its troops had repelled Russian attacks in various areas.

Ukrainian military officials said that the city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine came under heavy Russian artillery fire on Monday. A deputy battalion commander said that the positions in Bakhmut have been fortified and only people with a military role were being allowed in.

While the United States has told



its citizens to leave Russia immediately due to the war in Ukraine and the risk of arbitrary arrest or harassment by Russian law enforcement agencies.

The U.S. embassy in Moscow said U.S. citizens residing or travelling in Russia should depart immediately. However, the Kremlin said that it was not the first time U.S. citizens had been asked to leave Russia. The last such public warning was in September after President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial mobilisation.