The State Department ordered diplomats' families Sunday afternoon to depart the U.S. embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine, amid heightened fears of a Russian attack on the country. "These are prudent precautions that in no way undermine our support for, our commitment to Ukraine," a senior State Department official said Sunday. A State Department spokesperson said Saturday that the U.S. will not evacuate Americans like in the operation conducted out of Afghanistan last August. "The U.S. embassy in Kyiv is going to continue to operate in an uninterrupted way to support Ukraine at this critical moment," the senior State Department official said. State Department orders diplomats' families to leave US embassy in Kyiv amid Russia tensions originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

Source: ABC News January 23, 2022 23:40 UTC