The U.S. embassy in Belarus has now been evacuated and completely closed due to the country’s involvement with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
As The Hill reports:
The State Department said Monday it has suspended operations at its embassy in Belarus and authorized U.S. diplomats at the embassy in Russia to leave voluntarily.
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“We took these steps due to security and safety issues stemming from the unprovoked and unjustified attack by Russian military forces in Ukraine,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement Monday morning.
“The Department of State continually adjusts its posture at embassies and consulates throughout the world in line with its mission, the local security environment, and the health situation,” Blinken continued. “We ultimately have no higher priority than the safety and security of U.S. citizens, and that includes our U.S. government personnel and their dependents serving around the world.”
The State Department said that it had authorized the departure of “non-emergency” employees and their family members located at the embassy in Moscow.
On Sunday it was announced that Russian President Putin had put his country’s nuclear forces on a heightened state of alert over what he claimed where provocations by NATO.
Where are all the sanctions against Belarus??? Hit em hard, and fast, and right now.
Yes, and against all the other UN members that voted to support the Russian invasion.
A bully like Putin can always justify why they punched you in the face, threatened your life or shot you in the head! They feel nothing and fear nothing except when they go to prison or receive a lethal injection then boo-hoo poor pitiful me!
Indeed. And a psychopath like him can always find a few fellow psychopaths to do his bidding. The rest he can dupe into willing compliance. He lied to those poor Russian soldiers, who thought they were on a routine training mission.
The US did not care about US citizens in Afghanistan so all this talk is just political theater
The US does care about Our citizens around the World and the current administration has no concern about anything but bringing Our nation down to nothing . Another thing———–==Lock , load , and stay
The US did not care about US citizens in Afghanistan so all this talk is political threatre
We need to push for the UN to remove voting rights of Russia and Belarus and to remove them from the UN.