US Embassy in Kiev urges its citizens to leave Ukraine immediately
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The US Embassy in Kiev warns its citizens against entering Ukraine due to the deteriorating security situation.
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The US Embassy in Kiev
On Thursday, the US Embassy urged US citizens not to enter Ukraine and those in Ukraine to depart immediately.
In an alert published by the US embassy on its official website, the embassy said that "The security situation throughout Ukraine is highly volatile, and conditions may deteriorate without warning. U.S. citizens should remain vigilant and take appropriate steps to increase their security awareness."
"The U.S. Embassy urges U.S. citizens not to enter Ukraine and those in Ukraine to depart immediately using privately available ground transportation options if it is safe to do so," the embassy's statement said.
This is not the first time that the US Embassy in Kiev has issued such a request.
On January 26, the US Embassy in Kiev urged US citizens in Ukraine to "consider leaving the country immediately" and said the country's security situation was "unpredictable".
US President Joe Biden had warned on February 11, that "things may go wild rapidly" in Ukraine, advising American people to “evacuate immediately.”
“American citizens should leave, should leave now,” Biden said in an interview with NBC News. “We’re dealing with one of the largest armies in the world. This is a very different situation and things could go crazy quickly.”
