US Embassy building in Kiev. File photoMOSCOW, Jan 30The US Embassy in Kiev has again called on American citizens to leave the territory of Ukraine due to the unpredictable security situation in the country, offering them a list of countries where departure is possible, follows from the statement of the diplomatic mission. «The security situation continues to be unpredictable amid increased The US Embassy urges US citizens in Ukraine to consider leaving now using commercial or other privately available transportation options,» the embassy said.
Poland has prepared a plan for the evacuation of diplomats from UkraineThe American diplomatic mission invited its citizens to go to countries neighboring Ukraine, such as Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Moldova. At the same time, the embassy does not recommend entering Moldova through Transnistria, since in this case the diplomatic mission will have «limited access» and it will not be able to provide full-fledged assistance to citizens. The embassy notes that it issues loans for those American citizens who cannot currently buy a ticket for a commercial flight to the USA. Earlier, the State Department announced that it allowed the voluntary departure of part of the diplomatic staff from Ukraine and obliged all family members to leave the country, US citizens were recommended to leave the country on commercial flights. The issued warning was explained by the department as the risk of a sharp deterioration in the security situation. A senior representative of the State Department earlier said that the United States does not consider the escalation around Ukraine imminent, the decision to leave some diplomats from the embassy was taken as a precautionary measure. According to the representative of the department, the departure of diplomats will take place «for reasons of precaution and to maintain security.» As the official explained, the embassy should not be in a position where evacuation is needed in a state of escalation. «If Russia decides to further escalate, the consequences will be unpredictable,» the official said. Moscow categorically denies the plans attributed to Russia to escalate the situation around Ukraine and constantly states that they are not threatening anyone, and all such statements are used as a pretext to place more NATO military equipment near Russian borders. As Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said earlier, Russia does not create any pretexts for a conflict situation around Ukraine. According to him, Russia does not rule out that the hysteria around Ukraine, hyped by the West, is aimed at covering Kiev's line of sabotaging the Minsk agreements on Donbass. According to the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, the information hysteria of the USA and NATO on Ukraine is generously framed by lies and fakes. about the evacuation of Russians due to the escalation in Ukraine
