(VOVWORLD) - Israel on Saturday said it has started to evacuate non-essential staff and the families of its diplomats from Kyiv and published a travel warning for Israelis traveling to Ukraine.
The Slovak Foreign Affairs Ministry asked Slovak citizens to limit their travel plans to Ukraine and is evacuating the families of its diplomats from the Slovak Embassy In Kiev and Slovakian consulate general in Uzhhorod.
Poland, which shares a border with Ukraine, advised its citizens not to make non-essential trips to Ukraine. However, the Polish Foreign Ministry has not yet decided to evacuate the diplomatic staff or call on citizens to leave Ukraine.
Italy orders the non-essential staff of the embassy in Kiev to return home. Other countries such as Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Kuwait also asked their citizens to leave Ukraine.
The US State Department ordered non-emergency staff from the US embassy in Kyiv to leave.