Families Of US Diplomats Ordered To Leave Ukraine

The New York Times reports:

The State Department said on Sunday that it had ordered family members of U.S. Embassy personnel in Kyiv, Ukraine, to leave the country amid increasing concerns about a possible Russian invasion.

The embassy will remain open for now, senior State Department officials said in a briefing with reporters, but some diplomats have been authorized to depart as well.

The State Department officials said that the moves were made “out of an abundance of caution,” but that the United States would “not be in a position” to evacuate U.S. citizens should Russia invade Ukraine. Russia has stationed about 100,000 troops near the border of the neighboring country.

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The State Department ordered family members of U.S. Embassy personnel in Kyiv, Ukraine, to leave the country amid increasing concerns about a possible Russian invasion. https://t.co/qclzWeQ1WF

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