Monday, February 21, 2022

U.S. Evacuates Its Remaining Diplomatic Staff In Ukraine To Poland

A view of the Embassy of the United States of America in Kiev, Ukraine on February 15, 2022 ©Getty Images/Anadolu Agency/Wolfgang Schwan  

Business Insider: The US is temporarily relocating US personnel in Ukraine to Poland after Russia said it would send troops into eastern Ukraine 

* The US is ordering embassy personnel in Ukraine to go to Poland for the night, the State Department confirmed on Monday. 

* The staff is heading to Poland, leaving a temporary base in Western Ukraine. 

* The move comes after Russia said on Monday that it would send troops into eastern Ukraine. 

US personnel will briefly leave Ukraine for Poland after Russia said it would send troops into two eastern regions of Ukraine — the separatist regions Donetsk and Luhansk — Bloomberg News first reported Monday and Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed. 

The US previously moved its embassy staff from Kyiv to the western city of Lviv. US personnel plan to head across the border into Poland, a member of both the European Union and NATO. 

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WNU Editor: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is confirming reports that US diplomatic staff in Ukraine are spending the night in Poland (see below):

U.S. Evacuates Its Remaining Diplomatic Staff In Ukraine To Poland  

US relocates Ukraine embassy staff to Poland -- The Hill  

U.S. Says Its Diplomats Are Out Of Ukraine After U.S. Special Ops Planes Tracked Near Polish Border -- Warzone/The Drive  

US evacuating Ukraine embassy staff out of country -- RT  

US Evacuates Ukraine Embassy Staff To Poland -- Zero Hedge

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