US State Department personnel leave Ukraine, military vehicles seen near Donetsk

All State Department staff are out of Ukraine now, relocating to a hotel in Poland. The United States previously alerted senior Ukrainian officials. They have also notified other allies, but are unclear if those embassies choose to follow suit,” Jennifer Jacobs, a senior White House reporter for Bloomberg News, tweeted on Tuesday.

In the meantime, columns of military vehicles, including tanks, were seen early Tuesday on the outskirts of Donetskreports Reuters.

About five tanks in a column on the edge of the city and two more in another part of the cityalthough no insignia was visible,” added the Reuters reporter.

Meanwhile, NBC News reports that “Russian troops have continued to move closer to the border in what appear to be plans for an invasion at any moment“.

This comes after the White House’s top deputy national security adviser, Jonathan Finer, said that US President Joe Biden has warned that he will take all measures to keep diplomatic personnel safe.

All signs on the ground suggest a move toward military action, not diplomacyFiner added.

Source: Fx Street

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