{"id":37793,"date":"2023-05-08T18:06:14","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T01:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/?p=37793"},"modified":"2023-05-08T18:06:15","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T01:06:15","slug":"italy-urges-citizens-to-leave-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/italy-urges-citizens-to-leave-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy urges citizens to leave Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Italy\u2019s foreign ministry in Kiev has advised its citizens to leave Ukraine immediately, citing \u201c<em>increasingly heavy missile attacks<\/em>\u201d from Russia in a message posted to the Viaggiare Sicuri website on Monday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>Compatriots still in Ukraine are strongly advised to use the means still available, including trains, to leave the country immediately, at times when the curfew is not in force<\/em>,\u201d the message reads, warning that missile attacks have been recorded both \u201c<em>in Kiev and throughout Ukraine<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>Extreme caution is advised. All travel to Ukraine, in any capacity, is strongly discouraged<\/em>,\u201d it added. Viaggiare Sicuri is operated by the Crisis Unit of the Farnesina \u2013 Italy\u2019s foreign ministry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The country recalled its non-essential staff from the Ukrainian embassy last year when Russia began its military operation, pointedly urging Italians to avoid the Donetsk and Lugansk regions and Crimea.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Donetsk and Lugansk have since been incorporated into Russia following referendums, while Crimea voted to become part of the country in 2014.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ukraine reported several Russian drone and missile attacks early Monday morning, claiming it shot down 35 kamikaze drones over Kiev, while Russian Air Force bombers reportedly launched eight missiles in the direction of Odessa Region. Explosions in Chernigov and Dnepropetrovsk Regions \u2013 as well as the city of Zaporozhye \u2013 have also been reported.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Italy\u2019s foreign ministry in Kiev has advised its citizens to leave Ukraine immediately, citing \u201cincreasingly heavy missile attacks\u201d from Russia in a message posted to the Viaggiare Sicuri website on Monday.&nbsp; \u201cCompatriots still in Ukraine are strongly advised to use the means still available, including trains, to leave the country immediately, at times when the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":754,"featured_media":37794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[269],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cww7news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/italy-flag-SBI-300274335.jpg?fit=700%2C700&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37793"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/754"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37793"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37795,"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37793\/revisions\/37795"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}