Ukraine considers premature decision to evacuate embassy staff

Kiev, Jan 25 (Prensa Latina) Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Tuesday said that his Government considers premature the decision by some nations to evacuate their diplomatic staff from the country, because it does not see real reasons to do so.

January 25, 2022
07:48

The official told ICTV channel that of 129 embassies in Ukraine, four implemented this measure and explained that they did it for security reasons.

Kuleba explained that the other diplomatic missions considered that there are no reasons for the evacuation, they continue working with all staff and keep their families in the country.

Earlier, Oleksiy Danilov, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, reported that Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States announced the withdrawal of diplomats. Later, Germany announced that it would also do so.

The tension in the country is due to the repeated alarm by Western politicians about an alleged Russian invasion to Ukraine, which has been repeatedly denied by the highest authorities in Moscow.

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