The Department of State is preparing to approve the evacuation of some U.S. diplomats and diplomats' families from the embassy in Ukraine, sources confirmed to ABC News.
The Department of State is preparing to approve the evacuation of some U.S. diplomats and diplomats' families from the embassyThe final authorization has not been approved, the sources said, so the scope of the evacuation is not yet clear.
That contingency planning has been underway for weeks now, as ABC News first reported last month that the embassy was preparing for an authorized or ordered departure. In either case, the State Department will warn U.S. citizens to depart the country, too. Ukraine is already a Level 4: Do Not Travel on the department's travel advisory, with an explicit warning that"Russia is planning significant military action against Ukraine."