The State Department on Sunday ordered the families of all American personnel at the United States Embassy in Ukraine to leave the country amid heightened fears of a Russian invasion.
Britain’s Foreign Ministry also said Monday it was withdrawing some staff and their relatives from its embassy in response to the “growing threat from Russia”. The embassy itself will remain open for “essential work”, it said.
According to The Associated Press (AP), the State Department department told the dependents of staffers at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv that they must leave the country. It also said that nonessential embassy staff could leave Ukraine at the government’s expense.
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