U.S Closing Ukraine Embassy, President Zalenskyy Reveals Potential Timeline for Russian Invasion

Amid rising tensions, the United States is closing its embassy in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv and relocating operations 340 miles west to Lviv. For weeks, Russian troops have been mounting on the border of Ukraine on the brink of invasion. New reports estimate approximately 130,000 Russian troops are prepared to invade. Russia has threatened to invade its neighbor unless Vladimir Putin is given assurances that Ukraine will not be admitted to the European Union (EU) or The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in the future.

As Russia has bolstered its troops, the U.S. has called for Americans, including diplomats, to immediately leave Ukraine. The State Department ordered the destruction of networking equipment and computer workstations and the dismantling of the embassy telephone system, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter and internal communications reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. These moves render the Kyiv embassy inoperable as a diplomatic facility.