US preparing to approve evacuation from embassy in Ukraine: Sources
Source: ABC News
The Department of State is preparing to approve the evacuation of some U.S. diplomats and diplomats' families from the embassy in Ukraine, sources confirmed to ABC News.
The final authorization has not been approved, the sources said, so the scope of the evacuation is not yet clear.
A State Department spokesperson told ABC News, "We have nothing to announce at this time. We conduct rigorous contingency planning, as we always do, in the event the security situation deteriorates."
That contingency planning has been underway for weeks now, as ABC News first reported last month that the embassy was preparing for an authorized or ordered departure.
An authorized departure allows families and non-emergency staff to evacuate, usually on commercial flights, while an ordered departure requires them to do so.
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ripcord
(5,084 posts)EndlessWire
(6,377 posts)Ukraine is *pissed off* that we are telling American citizens to hit the road? They know better? They don't trust our intelligence? How stupid are they? Okay, no problem, we're still getting our noncombatants out of the way.
We ship in their ammo. Our allies fly them in supplies, and other countries are moving assets to protect them. They're *pissed* at us? Do tell. We want to know more.
IronLionZion
(45,261 posts)they're not wrong. But I doubt having Americans in their capital is any sort of deterrent to invasion. Putin don't care
Ray Bruns
(4,023 posts)But we should arm them to the teeth so that any Russian invasion would costly as hell.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Nothing definite yet ?
Just in the planning stages; thinking and talking about it ?
yaesu
(8,020 posts)classified, top secret info about weapons & tactics. putin probably knows what the US response will be and is ready for it. He probably also figures its now or never if he's going to use that information.
bottrott
(81 posts)were the Administration not publicizing this. Should, and holy crap no, the fascists regain control of the House does anyone think they wouldn't use any inkling of a lack of preparation as a pretext for impeachment? This is simply SOP and prudence in the face of an enemy that has already invaded and continues to occupy Ukrainian territory.
llashram
(6,265 posts)harbinger of possible bad shit hitting the fan.
EarthFirst
(2,877 posts)Ugh.
marie999
(3,334 posts)it might drive Ukraine to make a treaty with Russia and Belarus. I don't see much on Pravda and Izvestia but TASS has some articles on Ukraine. But beware, Tass is controlled by the Russian government. If you read articles written by Tass alone it can be hard to distinguish between the truth and propaganda. If it prints an article like stating something Chancellor Scholz of Germany says, try to find it in a reliable news agency. Again, TASS, Pravda, and Izvestia are controlled by the Russian government, much of what they write is propaganda for the Russian people.