The United States on Wednesday reopened its embassy to Kyiv, according to the State Department.
, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S. had resumed operations in the Ukrainian capital, adding that the “Stars and Stripes are flying over the Embassy once again.”
Blinken said the U.S. has “enhanced our security measures and protocols” to ensure the safety of American diplomats returning to Kyiv, and pledged to “continue to support” the people of Ukraine “as they defend their country from the Kremlin's brutal war of aggression.”Wednesday a handful of diplomats will return to Kyiv but consular operations will not resume immediately.
The return comes after several countries, including France, Italy and the United Kingdom, resumed operations in Kyiv over the past month after Russian troops failed to capture the capital and withdrew from the area to refocus on eastern Ukraine.to the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, saying they hoped to come back to their original home of Kyiv by the end of May as long as it was safe to do so. The U.S.
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