Russia has started evacuating its diplomatic staff from all of its diplomatic facilities in Ukraine, the TASS news agency reported on Wednesday, citing a representative of Russia’s embassy in Kyiv.
The United States and its allies sought to step up sanctions pressure on Russia on Wednesday over the deployment of troops in separatist regions of eastern Ukraine, in one of the worst security crises in Europe in decades.
Meanwhile, Ukraine has mobilised its military reserve and urged its citizens to leave Russian territory as Moscow sharpened its demands, increasing fears of all-out war. Ukraine has enough energy resources to provide for the needs of its population, households and industry, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmygal said
