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The United States is considering giving non-essential staff the option to leave the country if they so choose, as tensions on the Ukraine-Russia border escalate.
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The report said that a decision could be made within days.
A source told the news agency that an order to evacuate would reflect careful preparations as tensions escalate on the border.
Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary, said during a daily press briefing on Tuesday that the situation at the Ukrainian border is extremely dangerous and that Moscow could launch an attack on Ukraine at any time.
Pentagon press secretary John Kirby and White House press secretary Jen Psaki said last week that Moscow had placed operatives to launch a false-flag operation in eastern Ukraine as a pretext for invasion.
A State Department spokesman told Forbes that it does not have anything to announce at this time, and that it is conducting contingency planning in case the security situation gets worse.
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The New York Times reported last week that Russia had evacuated nearly 20 people, mostly family members of diplomats, and told them to return home.
I've made it clear to President Putin. He doesn't have a misunderstanding. President Joe Biden said if any Russian units moved across the Ukrainian border that it was an invasion. It will be met with severe and coordinated economic response that I've discussed with our allies and laid out very clearly for President Putin.
There is a key background.
The US Secretary of State and the Russian Foreign Minister met in Switzerland on Friday to discuss the situation in Ukraine. NATO must reduce its forces in the region and promise not to accept Georgia and Ukraine as new members, according to Moscow. The latter condition is off the table according to the West. If Russia's demands are not met, there will be military action. The meeting on Friday was characterized by the commitment to keep the path of diplomacy open. Russia said it does not plan to invade Ukraine. The U.S. and its allies wouldn't be convinced unless Russia removed its troops from the Ukrainian border.
The U.S. and Russia are on a "clearer path" to diplomacy.
The US and Russia are trying to lower the temperature.
If Russia invades Ukraine, gas prices could go up.
The U.S. intelligence says that Russia is planning a fake-flag operation.
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