US denies reports of evacuating US Embassy in Kyiv amid threats of Russian airstrikes

Officials from the United States Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine, disputed reports of abandonment on Thursday amid threats of Russian airstrikes in the country’s capital city. The denial comes in response to comments by Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, who claimed the U.S. had evacuated the Embassy. She made the comments before Thursday’s “Informal meeting of Foreign Affairs Ministers” of the European Union held in Cyprus.

“Also, what we heard from Ukraine yesterday was that all the embassies stayed, except one, so that also takes courage from those embassies,” Kallas said when answering a question about diplomatic actions taken after Russia’s latest threats against Ukraine. “But yes, all the European stayed, America left.”