China News Service, December 8th. According to U.S. media citing multiple sources, the Biden administration is considering a series of plans for the evacuation of U.S. citizens from Ukraine as the situation in Russia and Ukraine escalates and creates a severe security situation.

  CNN quoted sources as saying that the contingency plan was led by the Pentagon.

Newland, the undersecretary of the U.S. State Department for political affairs, gave a briefing to the senator on the evening of the 6th. She outlined the severe sanctions prepared by the U.S. government in response to Russia’s “potential invasion”, but acknowledged “the U.S.’s choice to prevent the Russian invasion.” Quite limited.

  US State Department officials emphasized that it is unclear whether Putin "has made a decision to invade."

But he has assembled enough troops, equipment, and materials near the Ukrainian border to take action to attack in a short period of time.

  The source emphasized that the U.S. government currently believes that there is no need to evacuate because the airlines at Ukraine’s International Airport are still operating and the land border with Ukraine’s western neighbors is also open.

Many officials involved in the plan emphasized that these discussions are preparatory plans to be carried out when the security situation is seriously deteriorating.

  The U.S. Department of Defense and the State Department have prepared plans for the worst-case scenario, and the plans will be updated and changed at any time based on local conditions.

  External comments believe that the possibility of evacuating U.S. diplomats from Ukraine is still very small.

Although Ukraine is not a NATO member, the White House also regards the country as an important member of the Eastern European Union. The presence of US diplomats and training troops in Ukraine has its strategic interests.

This makes it far less likely for the United States to reduce its presence in Ukraine than to reduce its diplomats and troops in Afghanistan.

  Kiev is the only city where the United States has a diplomatic agency in Ukraine, hundreds of miles from Crimea or the border between Ukraine and Russia.

  The source said that at present, the Pentagon is planning to adopt a series of different plans when it is necessary to evacuate, from only evacuation of non-essential US government employees to a large-scale evacuation involving a wider range of American citizens.

  The U.S. State Department will be responsible for the final decision on whether an evacuation operation is necessary.

A source familiar with the discussion said that the State Department’s diplomatic security department is now also making plans to authorize or order diplomats to leave Ukraine when the situation requires it.

  On the morning of the 7th local time, US President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin had a talk for about two hours via video call.

Biden stated that the United States and its European allies are "deeply concerned" about Russia's strengthening of military deployment in the border area between Russia and Ukraine; if Russia takes military escalation actions, it will face "strong" economic sanctions and other responses from the United States and its allies. measure.