“We have information indicating that the Russian authorities were preparing to evacuate family members of diplomats from their embassy in late December and early January,” she said.

Earlier, The New York Times reported, citing a senior Ukrainian Security Service official, that Russia was allegedly planning to evacuate diplomats from two Russian consulates from Ukraine.

In this regard, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that the Russian embassy in Kiev continues to work as usual.

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry also said that the department did not receive messages from the embassies of other countries about intentions to evacuate their employees.