The Federal Foreign Office is calling on Germans in Ukraine to leave the country.
Against the background of the escalating conflict with Russia, Germans are supposed to leave Ukraine. “If you are currently in Ukraine, check whether your presence is absolutely necessary. If not, leave at short notice,” said the Foreign Office on Saturday. After warnings from the US government of a possible impending Russian attack, the US, Great Britain, Denmark, Latvia and Estonia, among others, had previously asked their citizens to leave the country.
The Federal Foreign Office warned: “The tensions between Russia and Ukraine have increased in recent days due to the massive presence and movements of Russian military units near the Ukrainian borders. A military conflict cannot be ruled out.”
The German consulate general in Dnipro is to be relocated to Lviv (Lemberg). In future, this will enable employees to work further away from the so-called line of contact between the Ukrainian government troops and the Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine.
Scholz travels to Ukraine on Monday and to Russia on Tuesday
A visit by Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) to Ukraine is planned for Monday. On Tuesday, Scholz wants to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin for the first time as Chancellor in Moscow.
So far, there has been a travel warning for Ukraine due to the corona pandemic and a partial travel warning for the Donetsk and Luhansk administrative districts controlled by the separatists and the areas along the contact line.
The US government had warned of a possible invasion before the end of next week and had relocated around 3,000 more soldiers to the NATO partner state of Poland. US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted to talk on the phone on Saturday. French President Emmanuel Macron also wanted to speak to the Kremlin boss.
Balancing act: ensure the protection of Germans without contributing to destabilization
After the military evacuation from Afghanistan, there was a discussion in Berlin as to whether the Federal Foreign Office had cleared the embassy in Kabul at the right time. As in Afghanistan, the Federal Government is also concerned in Ukraine with ensuring the security of German nationals without contributing to a destabilization of the situation in Ukraine through hasty measures.
Source: Stern
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