The Belgian Foreign Ministry recommended its citizens to leave Ukraine

Passengers at Brussels AirportBRUSSELS, Feb 12 Ukraine, to leave this country without guaranteeing the possibility of evacuation in the event of an aggravation of the situation, follows from the updated recommendations for travelers published on Saturday on the agency's website. «All trips to the entire territory of Ukraine are categorically not recommended. Citizens who are currently in Ukraine and whose presence is not absolutely necessary, it is strongly recommended to leave the country», — follows from the message.Russian diplomats have begun to leave Ukraine, media outlets write The ministry noted that «since November 2021, tensions have been growing on the borders of Ukraine with Russia and Belarus, the situation is extremely unpredictable, and we recommend that you be aware of the situation on the ground.» «It should be taken into account that in In the event of a sudden deterioration in the situation, communications in Ukraine, including telephone and Internet, may be disrupted. This may have serious consequences for the operation of airports and hinder air traffic,» the recommendations emphasize. The Belgian Foreign Ministry also warns citizens that «in the event of a deterioration situation in Ukraine, evacuation cannot be guaranteed, therefore it is recommended to leave the country while it is still possible».The New Zealand Foreign Ministry urged citizens to immediately leave UkraineOn the eve of the EU allowed non-essential staff of its mission in Ukraine to leave the country. At the same time, the official representative of the European Union's foreign service, Peter Stano, told RIA Novosti that there was no talk of evacuating personnel yet. The US president also announced the need to leave Ukraine earlier. He held a virtual meeting on Friday evening with Western countries, as a result of which a number of states made similar recommendations to their citizens. The West accuses the Russian Federation of plans to allegedly escalate the situation around Ukraine. Moscow categorically denies this and constantly says that no one is threatened, and all such statements are used as an excuse 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 US and NATO information hysteria over Ukraine is generously framed by lies and fakes.