Flags on the Bundestag building in Berlin, Germany. File photoBERLIN, Jan 22 The German Foreign Ministry, after media reports about plans to evacuate the families of embassy employees in Ukraine, said that no such measures were being taken, dpa reported on Saturday. Previously, Bild, citing own data reported that the German Foreign Ministry, in the event of an escalation of the situation around Ukraine, is developing a plan to evacuate the families of embassy employees in this country. measures to reduce the staff of the embassy» or to evacuate their family members. «We are closely monitoring the security of the personnel of our representative offices in Ukraine, and we are also in close contact with our partners in the EU and at the international level,» the ministry added. Earlier, the US Fox News channel also reported that the US State Department allegedly ordered Monday to start evacuating the families of diplomats from the US embassy in Ukraine. Later, the press service of the State Department did not confirm to RIA Novosti reports about the upcoming evacuation of the families of the diplomatic staff of the US Embassy in Ukraine, indicating that citizens of the country should not rely on government-sponsored flights, but use commercial airlines.
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