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US orders its diplomats' families and embassy staff to leave Ukraine

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at a news conference following his talks on the Ukraine crisis in Berlin, Germany, on January 20, 2022. © Alex Brandon/Pool via Reuters

The United States has ordered the families of its diplomats in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv to leave the country "due to the continued threat" of a Russian invasion, the State Department said Sunday.

Washington has also authorised the "voluntary" departure of its non-essential embassy staff and urged US citizens in the Eastern European country to "consider departing now", saying it will not be in a position to evacuate them after any possible incursion by Moscow.

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