Biden: US Citizens In Ukraine “Should Leave Now”

NPR reports:

The U.S. isn’t planning a military operation to help its citizens leave Ukraine, President Biden says, and they should do so on their own. “American citizens should leave now,” Biden said as Russia amasses a military force around its neighbor.

Biden made the remarks in an interview with NBC News’ Lester Holt, who asked him what kind of scenarios would prompt a U.S. rescue mission, if Russia invades.

“There’s not [one],” Biden said. “That’s a world war — when Americans and Russians start shooting at one another, we’re in a very different world than we’ve ever been in.” A military-run evacuation would be extremely complicated, Biden said, including the challenge of locating U.S. citizens in the country.

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President Biden said American citizens in Ukraine “should leave now” and that the U.S. government wouldn’t be able to rescue them should Russia invade the country. https://t.co/OhFvIFLTNc

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