On Sunday, the State Department instructed the families of all US embassy staff in Ukraine to leave the country in the face of heightened fears of a Russian invasion. The department told U.S. embassy staff in Kiev that they should leave the country. It was also reported that technical staff at the embassy could leave Ukraine at government expense. Foreign Ministry officials insisted that the Kiev embassy remain open and that the announcement was not an eviction. The move has been under consideration for some time and does not reflect a decline in US support for Ukraine, officials said.

Source: ABC News January 24, 2022 00:37 UTC