White House urged Americans to leave Ukraine within next two day saying that there won’t be any U.S. military effort to evacuate citizens
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said that all Americans in Ukraine should leave within the next 48 hours, warning that the risk of a Russian invasion is now “high” and “immediate.”
“We don’t know what’s going to happen, but the risk is now high enough, and the threat is now immediate enough, that this is what prudence demands,” Sullivan asserted.
“If a Russian attack on Ukraine proceeds, it is likely to begin with aerial bombing and missile attacks that could, obviously, kill civilians without regard to their nationality. A subsequent ground invasion would involve the onslaught of a massive force.”
He urged Americans to leave Ukraine within next two days, saying that there won’t be a U.S. military effort to evacuate U.S. citizens from a Ukraine under siege.
National security adviser Jake Sullivan said a full Russian invasion of Ukraine take place even before the end of the Olympics on February 20. The U.S. intelligence briefing included specific reference to February 16 as a start date for the ground invasion by Russia.
U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a phone conversation on Saturday, a White House official said.
Washington has warned that Russia has massed nearly 100,000 troops near Ukraine to launch a major invasion.
Meanwhile, the United States has announced to send 3,000 additional troops to Poland as Russia held military exercises in Belarus and the Black Sea.
United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Latvia, Denmark, Israel, Estonia, Norway, Japan and South Korea have all directed their citizens to leave Ukraine as soon as possible.
