“I don’t have more details about this ... As part of the process that the State Department is conducting, we, of course, are conducting a security assessment, as well as which of the employees should return first,” TASS quoted her.

In late February, the State Department urged non-critical American diplomats to leave Ukraine.

On April 10, U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said the authorities were actively working on when the United States could reopen its embassy in Kyiv.