US Embassy in Kyiv stated that it continues to operate and denied "reports otherwise"
Kyiv • UNN
The U.S. diplomatic mission in Kyiv remains open and is operating without changes. Reports regarding the departure of American diplomats are false.
The US Embassy in Kyiv stated that it is "open" and that there are "no changes" to its operations, refuting "reports otherwise." The corresponding statement was published on the agency's X page on Thursday, UNN reports.
The U.S. Embassy is open. There are no changes to our operations and reports otherwise are false. The State Department has no higher priority than the safety and security of Americans and regularly reviews the security posture of Embassy Kyiv. We reiterate our message that Americans should not travel to Ukraine for any reason due to the armed conflict
Earlier, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine stated that "information regarding the departure of the US Embassy in Kyiv is not true."
Context
As reported by the EEAS press service, on May 28, before the meeting of EU Foreign Ministers, when asked to characterize the threat as Russia once again threatened Europe and Kyiv, also claiming that diplomatic staff should leave Kyiv, Kallas told reporters: "This is what Russia does. Because it is not really gaining ground on the battlefield. So, what they are doing now is really increasing the terrorist attacks, because you cannot really describe it in other ways: creating fear inside the society. It has not worked for four years, but I do not think that it is going to work now. Also, what we heard from Ukraine yesterday was that all the embassies stayed, except one, so that also takes courage from those embassies, but yes, all the European stayed, America left."