Russia warns Ukraine of 'high precision' strikes on Kyiv and tells locals to flee

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Russia has warned Ukraine of its plans to launch 'high-precision strikes' on the country's capital - and told citizens to leave their homes immediately.

In a statement published this afternoon, the Russian defence ministry told residents of Kyiv that it is preparing to launch missiles at specific targets in the Ukrainian capital.

Russian officials said their armed forces are set to attack the "technological centres of the Ukrainian Security Service and the 72nd main PsyOps centre in Kyiv", the Mirror reports.

The statement read: "We urge Ukrainian citizens who are being used by nationalists to carry out provocations against Russia, as well as Kyiv residents residing near relay stations to leave their home."Officials claimed the strikes are being carried out to "prevent information attacks against Russia".Putin's government is still denying it has invaded Ukraine and continues to claim it is carrying out a special operation.Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed that in response to a request by the heads of what he calls "the Donbass republics" he had made a decision to carry out a special military operation in Ukraine.The Russian leader stressed that Moscow had "no plans of occupying Ukrainian territories".Russian Defense Ministry claims that their troops are not targeting Ukrainian cities, but are limited to surgically striking and incapacitating Ukrainian military infrastructure.It also states that "there are no threats to the civilian population".Despite Russia's claims, Ukrainian 10-year-old Polina was killed alongside her mother and father by Russian troops while in a car in Kyiv on Saturday.Dad Anton and wife Svetlana Zapadynskaya died, along with their middle daughter.Their eldest daughter Sofia and youngest son