A ministry tweet on Twitter said that "tensions in Ukraine and the surrounding region are on the rise."

“Citizens of Singapore in Ukraine are recommended to urgently leave this country,” the Foreign Ministry said.

Earlier, the press service of the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry recommended that Lithuanian citizens leave the territory of Ukraine.

Prior to this, a number of EU countries called on their citizens to leave Ukraine, including the authorities of Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Finland, and Croatia.