It follows US ordering relatives of embassy staff to leave amid imminent threat of Russian invasion
Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Sean Gallup/Getty ImagesSome British staff and dependants are being withdrawn from the embassy inOfficials said there were currently no specific threats to British diplomats, with about half of the staff in Kyiv reportedly scheduled to come home to the UK.
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