US Embassy moves from Ukraine to Poland. When one does not have the courage, one cannot give it
The US State Department evacuated Ukrainian embassy personnel from Ukraine to Poland on Monday, fearing Russia could launch an attack on Kiev, Bloomberg reports. War fears rose on Monday after Vladimir Putin announced that Moscow would immediately recognize the breakaway Donbass republics of Donetsk (DPR) and Lugansk (LPR) as sovereign nations.
Officials are expected to stay in a hotel just across the Polish border, though they could return to Ukraine as soon as Tuesday if the State Department determines the security situation has stabilized.
Secretary of State Anthony Blinken confirmed, stating that “for security reasons, the staff of the State Department currently in Lviv will spend the night in Poland. Our staff will return regularly to continue diplomatic work in Ukraine and provide emergency consular services ”. So if today there are no Russians in Kiev, then the consulate will return to Lviv (Lvov) for safety. It is still early for Kiev.
US is moving all its embassy staff out of Ukraine as officials prepare for possible Russian invasion, sources tell me and @AlbertoNardelli . The few who were remaining are being relocated to Poland for tonight, I'm told. https://t.co/TlYJ7xHUL3
– Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) February 21, 2022
Embassy and consular activities will continue from Poland and the move is not intended to signal any change in US support for Ukraine, according to two US officials. According to Bloomberg, the United States alerted high-ranking officials in Ukraine before withdrawing embassy staff and consulted with allies who also run diplomatic facilities in the country.
Of course, US confidence in Ukraine and its defense capabilities is, let's say, exciting. Considering that Lviv was already close to the Polish border, it means that they did not believe in the resistance of the Kiev army even for a few days. We are facing the effects of the Afghan shock: evidently the Foreign Secretary no longer has any confidence in the defense analyzes, which give the Ukrainian military response capacity at least on a fair level. However, a good faith in the allies.
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