Listing of nations evacuating embassy employees, urging residents to depart Ukraine grows

Extra nations joined the listing of nations evacuating embassy employees and urging their residents to depart Ukraine on Sunday (February 13) as Washington and its allies warned that the Russian army, which has 100,000 troops massed close to Ukraine, may invade at any second.

Moscow has dismissed these warnings as “hysteria.”

Israel stated it was evacuating relations of employees at its embassy in Kyiv, citing “an aggravation of the state of affairs” in an obvious reference to the disaster between Ukraine and Russia.

The International Ministry assertion additional urged Israelis to keep away from travelling to Ukraine and people there to “to keep away from areas of stress”.

Australia and New Zealand on Sunday (February 13) turned the most recent nations to induce their residents to depart as quickly as doable, becoming a member of Britain, Japan, Latvia, Norway and the Netherlands.

Canada shut its embassy in Kyiv and relocated its diplomatic employees to a short lived workplace in Lviv, the western a part of the nation.

International Affairs Minister Melanie Joly introduced the embassy closure on Saturday (February 12), shortly after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau informed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that Canada stands together with his nation.

Earlier, the U.S. State Division ordered most of its embassy employees to depart Ukraine.

Russia stated on Saturday (February 12) that it had determined to “optimize” its diplomatic employees numbers in Ukraine, fearing “provocations” by Kyiv or others. It stated its embassy and consulates in Ukraine continued to carry out their key features.

(Reuters)