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 US embassy staff in Kiev that they must leave the country. It was also stated that the technical staff of the embassy could leave Ukraine at the expense of the government. State Department officials stressed that the Kiev embassy would remain open and that the announcement was not an evacuation. 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 00:43 UTC