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Torcuil Crichton

British embassy staff being pulled out of Ukraine as Vladimir Putin increases threat of invasion

British embassy staff and their dependants are being pulled out of the Ukranian capital, Kyiv, amid mounting fears of a Russian invasion.

The Foreign Office confirmed the move after the United States ordered the families of all American personnel at the US Embassy to leave the country in response the the risk of an invasion.

Vladimir Putin’s forces have massed over 100,000 troops at the border with Ukraine and intense diplomatic activity has failed to ease tensions.

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