Foreign ministry tells Italians to leave Ukraine

(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 17 - The Italian foreign ministry on Monday told Italians to leave Ukraine amid Russian cruise missile and drone attacks in Kyiv and across the country.
    In a tweet, the Farnesina said it "strongly recommends that co-nationals still present in Ukraine should leave the country.
    "Travel to Ukraine in any form is absolutely forbidden.
    The tweet was carried by the Italian embassy in Ukraine following a string of "armed attacks in Kyiv and on Ukraine's territory". (ANSA).