At the American embassy in Kiev, amid reports of the evacuation of diplomats, they began to burn documents and destroy secret equipment, according to the German publication Bild.

According to the publication, citing a senior State Department official, the staff of the embassy will be reduced "to the absolute minimum."

Earlier, Reuters reported, citing US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, that the United States would withdraw from Ukraine about 150 military instructors who trained the Ukrainian military. This statement was made after the call of US President Joe Biden, addressed to fellow citizens, to leave Ukraine, and the State Department called for the same.

The Associated Press, citing unnamed U.S. officials, also reported that employees of the U.S. diplomatic mission would have to leave Ukraine "in anticipation of a dangerous Russian invasion." Part of the embassy workers can be transported to the west of the country, closer to the borders with Poland, so that the United States can maintain a diplomatic presence in the country.

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