It is likely that these decisions may be reviewed as early as February, Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine, stated this to UNIAN, commenting on the decision of a number of states to remove part of the embassy employees from the country.

First and foremost, all the diplomatic missions of Western states continue to work and nothing changes on a practical level. We consider these decisions as a result of certain internal political discussions in some countries where the authorities do not want to face obviously excessive criticism through the dangerous nuances of the work of diplomats, he said.

Podolyak noted that "if there is rhetoric regarding a military threat, then it is predictable that there may be certain decisions as a consequence of this rhetoric." At the same time, he stressed that such actions of foreign states are not evacuation, because most of the employees of diplomatic missions remain in Ukraine. “It is likely that these decisions can be reviewed as early as February,” added the adviser to the head of the OP.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine considers the evacuation of the US Embassy staff to be premature and a manifestation of excessive precaution.

The US State Department authorized the voluntary departure of its employees and ordered the departure of the relevant family members from the embassy in Kiev. Also, US citizens in Ukraine should consider leaving immediately using commercial or other private vehicles.

The decision to recall part of the staff of their embassy in Ukraine because of a possible invasion was taken by the UK, Germany and Australia.