Oleksii Kuleba, head of the Kyiv regional military administration, warned residents that the air alert remained in effect and that citizens should evacuate. “The air alert continues. The danger remains. Stay in shelters,” he said. It is unknown which structures were targeted by the drone strikes, but Kuleba said “Russia is continuing the energy terror of the country.” Civilians take shelter inside a metro station during an air raid alert in central Kyiv on December 13, 2022, amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Dimitar Dilkoff | Afp | Getty Images In other news, Belarus’ early military exercises that began on Tuesday raised concerns about an escalation of the war in Ukraine, although Ukraine’s armed forces said they had yet to see any signs of “the formation of hostile offensive groups” along the Belarus-Ukraine border. . Ukrainian and Polish military officials discussed the “security situation on the Ukraine-Belarus border” after reviewing the combat readiness of troops in Belarus, according to NBC News, and agreed to coordinate joint action in the coming days. Belarus borders Ukraine to the north and Poland to the east. While Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has repeatedly said his country will not join the war, Belarus is an ally of Russia and has allowed it to launch attacks on Ukraine from its soil.
