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US to evacuate Ukraine embassy; invasion imminent
Updated On: 13 February, 2022 09:21 AM IST | Washington | Agencies
The department had earlier ordered families of US embassy staffers in Kyiv to leave
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US military personnel from the Allied nations deployed to Romania take part in a ceremony during a visit of the NATO Secretary General. Pic/AFP
US is set to evacuate its embassy in Kyiv as Western intelligence officials warn that a Russian invasion of Ukraine is increasingly imminent. US officials said the State Department plans to announce that virtually all American staff at the Kyiv embassy will be required to leave ahead of a feared Russian invasion. A small number of officials may remain in Kyiv, but the vast majority of the almost 200 Americans at the embassy will be sent out or relocated to Ukraine’s far west, near the Polish border, so the US can retain a diplomatic presence in the country.
The department had earlier ordered families of US embassy staffers in Kyiv to leave. But it had left it to the discretion of nonessential personnel if they wanted to depart. The new move comes as Washington has ratcheted up its warnings about a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine. The officials said a small number of US diplomats may be relocated to Ukraine’s far west, near the border with Poland, a NATO ally, so the US could retain a diplomatic presence in the country.
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