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Agency RIA & quot; News & quot; Referring to sources, diplomats and consular staff of the Russian Federation in Ukraine have begun leaving the country.
Before the evening, the British authorities announced the withdrawal of their diplomats. Israel has also announced that it is beginning to evacuate family members of diplomats working in Kiev.
Several countries, including the United States, Japan, Norway and Latvia, also said on Friday that it was undesirable for their citizens to visit Ukraine in the near future. On the eve of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, it announced that, in accordance with the Vienna Document, it was giving Russia 48 hours to provide a detailed explanation of its “military activities”; at the border. The Russian Foreign Ministry The diplomats noted that they did not consider Kiev's request to be justified because the activities of the Russian armed forces were not unusual and gave no reason to launch a “mechanism to reduce military danger.” according to a 2011 document.