The State Department has escalated its warning to U.S. citizens in Belarus, where thousands of Russian troops have massed for menacing military exercises — now urging them to leave the country 'immediately.'
The State Department had already urged American citizens"do not travel to Belarus" because of that domestic crackdown and the risk of"arbitrary enforcement of laws" and detention, as well as COVID-19.
The"situation is unpredictable, and there is heightened tension in the region," the advisory states, mirroring the increasingly urgent tone from the U.S. embassy in Ukraine, which urged Americans on Saturday to"depart immediately" as well. The embassy in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, had previously ordered the departure of family members on Jan. 31, with a very small group of U.S. diplomats still in the country.This handout video grab released by the Russian Defence Ministry on February 9, 2022 shows combat crews during joint exercises of the armed forces of Russia and Belarus.
The urgent warning doesn't apply to the entire country, but just to Transnistria, an unrecognized breakaway region where Russia has stationed troops against the Moldovan government's will as"peacekeepers," similar to Russian troops in two disputed regions of Georgia, the small former Soviet republic.
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