China News Service, February 13 (Xinhua) Comprehensive report. Recently, US Secretary of State Blinken said that the risk of Russian military action in Ukraine is high and imminent, which is enough to justify the State Department's move to withdraw most of the staff of the US embassy in Kiev. is reasonable.
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Blinken.
According to reports, Blinken said: "We ordered the evacuation of most of the US citizens still in the US embassy in Kiev. The risk of Russian military action is quite high, and the threat is serious enough to justify this as a reasonable measure. "
However, Blinken also reiterated that on the Ukraine issue, diplomatic avenues with Russia remain open and help de-escalate the situation.
Recently, the situation on the Russian-Ukrainian border has continued to be tense.
The two sides have deployed a large number of military personnel and equipment in the border areas of the two countries.
The United States and Ukraine claim that Russia has assembled heavy troops on the Russian-Ukrainian border in preparation for an "invasion" of Ukraine.
Russia denied it, emphasizing that NATO activities threaten Russia's border security, and Russia has the right to mobilize troops within its borders to defend its territory.
On January 23, the U.S. State Department issued a statement authorizing the government staff of the U.S. embassy in Ukraine to voluntarily evacuate from Kiev, where the embassy is located, and required their families to evacuate.
On February 11, the United States said that Russia could "invade" Ukraine at any time.
On the 12th, the US State Department ordered the evacuation of all non-emergency staff from the embassy in Ukraine.