Ambassador of Ukraine to the UK Vadym Prystaiko at the embassy building in LondonMOSCOW, February 14Ambassador of Ukraine to the UK Vadim Prystaiko said that Ukrainians feel «abandoned» amid calls from foreign countries for their citizens to leave the country in the near future. Earlier, the British Foreign Office recommended that its citizens refrain from any trips to Ukraine, and those who are already there — leave the country while commercial transport is still available. A similar appeal was made by the US State Department, the Canadian government, many European countries, as well as a number of Arab states. At the same time, the head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell, noted that the EU countries were not going to evacuate diplomatic missions from Ukraine, and urged not to dramatize the situation.The United States is dragging Ukraine to war»The problem is that Ukrainians are being pushed into panic. Airlines are canceling flights, investors are withdrawing their funds. Ukrainians feel they have been abandoned,» the ambassador said in an interview with CNBC. Speaking about the appeal of foreign states to their citizens to leave Ukraine, he noted that he was upset that the UK also warned citizens about the need to leave the country. «Many cannot leave (from Ukraine — ed.). My family cannot, my mother, brother and many friends. Perhaps the word «abandoned» is a bit strong, but it reflects how Ukrainians think they are being treated now,» the ambassador said.Media: Ukrainian oligarchs and businessmen leave the country on charter flightsEarlier, KLM and Norwegian suspended flights over Ukraine. At the same time, the Dutch KLM operated flights to Ukraine, unlike the Norwegian Norwegian, which did not have any. A number of carriers are monitoring the development of the situation and continue flying. These include the Polish national carrier LOT, Czech Airlines — CSA, the French airline Air France, the Austrian Austrian Airlines, and the Turkish carrier Turkish Airlines. A representative of the German airline Lufthansa told RIA Novosti on Monday that the issue of terminating air traffic is being considered, but no decision has been made. The West accuses the Russian Federation of alleged plans to 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.
