USA orders diplomats family members to leave Ukraine

The USA has ordered the families of its diplomats in Kyiv to leave Ukraine and urged all US citizens in the country to consider departing. The UK is also pulling out some embassy staff, citing Russian invasion concerns.

In a statement, the US State Department has said that non-essential embassy staff could leave Ukraine at government expense and that all Americans should consider departing



immediately.

The US state department also warned people not to travel to Ukraine and Russia due to the ongoing tension.

The British Embassy in Ukraine also said yesterday that some staff and dependants were being withdrawn from Kyiv.

Meanwhile, the Ukrainian government labeled the US decision to pull out embassy families premature and a display of excessive caution.