MOSCOW, May 6. /TASS/. Moscow is calling on foreign countries to evacuate their diplomats from Kiev in advance in case Ukraine tries to disrupt the May 9 celebrations in Moscow, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
The diplomat said that on May 4, 2026, the Defense Ministry issued an official statement "in connection with the threats of the Kiev regime to strike Moscow on a sacred holiday for all Russians - Victory Day in the Great Patriotic War.
"The Russian Foreign Ministry urges the authorities of your country/the leadership of your organization to take this statement with maximum responsibility and ensure an early evacuation of diplomatic and other mission personnel, as well as citizens, from Kiev due to the inevitability of a retaliatory strike by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation against Kiev, including the decision-making centers, if the Kiev regime carries out its criminal terrorist plans during the celebration of the Great Victory."
Zakharova drew attention to the chronology of events. "On May 4, 2026, during the summit of the European Political Community in Yerevan, the leader of the Kiev regime, Zelensky, made aggressive and threatening statements about his intention to disrupt the holy Victory Day holiday in Moscow with terrorist acts. Representatives of some EU countries were present. None of them pulled up the leader of the Kiev regime," the diplomat said.
