The US has ordered the relatives of its embassy staff in Ukraine to leave amid rising tension in the region.
The State Department has also given permission for non-essential staff to leave and urged US citizens in Ukraine to consider departing.
In a statement, it said US citizens should not travel to Russia due “to ongoing tension along the border with Ukraine”, further warning on theĀ conflict with KyivĀ as Moscow amasses troops near its neighbour.
The State Department said there were reports thatĀ Russia is planning significant military actionĀ against Ukraine.
Russia has denied claims that it is planning to invade Ukraine.
“There are reports Russia is planning significant military action against Ukraine,” the advisory from the State Department said.
It added that the security conditions are “unpredictable and can deteriorate with little notice”.
The State Department reissued its travel advisory that says Americans should not travel to Russia, adding: “US citizens are strongly advised against travelling by land from Russia to Ukraine through this region.”
The head of the military defence alliance NATO has warned there is a risk of fresh conflict in Europe after an estimated 100,000 Russian troops amassed on the border.
On Saturday, some 90 tonnes of US “lethal aid” including ammunition for “front-line defenders” arrived in Ukraine.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said the government were putting together a “series of actions that would figure into President Putin’s calculus” including beefing up defences in Ukraine with more military assistance.
Russia has seized Ukrainian territory before, when it annexed Crimea in 2014, after the country overthrew their pro-Moscow president.
Ever since, Ukraine’s military has been locked in a war with Russian-backed rebels in areas of the east near Russia’s borders. An estimated 14,000 people have been killed in the Donbas region.
Meanwhile, the UK embassy in Ukraine said some staff and dependants are being withdrawn from Kyiv in response to the growing threat from Russia.
On Sunday, the UK foreign office accused Putin of planning to install a pro-Moscow figure to lead Ukraine’s government.
UK ministers have warned that the Russian government will face serious consequences if there is an incursion.
– BBC / Reuters
FAKAMATALA FAKATONGA NOUNOU
āOatu pe kiāI puipuituāa nounou ko āeni kia kinautolu āoku manako lau hisitÅliaā ke tokoni ke toe mahino ange hono lau āetau ongoongoā mo e tuāutuāu tau ko āeni kuo uki ai āa āAmelika āa honau kakai ngÄue fakaāamipasitoa āI āIukuleini ke nau mavahe leva mei he fonuaā ni. āOku ngali āe fai hono fakafepakiāI lahi āo LÅ«sia heāene ngaahi langa tau āI āIukuleiniā.
Ko e hÄ āa e tupunga āo e ngaāuta fakakautau ko āeni āI he vÄ āo LÅ«sia mo e āIukuleiniā pea ko e hÄ e āuhinga e hÅ« atu āa āAmelika mo ngaahi fonua āo e NATO āo kau ai.
āOku ui āeni ko e Russo-Ukrainian War pea ko e fekeāikeāI āeni ia āa e ongo fonua talu mei Fepueli 2014 āo takimuāa ai āa LÅ«sia mo e kautau āI āIukuleisini āoku nau poupou ki LÅ«sia mo e kakai āo Ā āIukuleini āoku poupouāI ia āe he NATO (āa ia ko e ngaahi fonua āIulope kotoa ia āe mei 30 Ā kau ai āa PilitÄnia, FalanisÄ, Siamane mo āAmelika). Ko e tau āeni tuāunga he muitolotolo lahi āoku āiloa ko Kalimiaā āa ia āoku tuāu he tokelau āo e Talh āUliāuliā mo āIulope Hahake. āOku feāunga hono tokolahiā mo e toko ua miliona tupu. Ko e feituāu ko āeni kuo āosi fakatokangaāia fakavahaāapuleāanga ko e konga ia āo āIukuleini.
Naāe tupu e kÄ āa LÅ«sia mo āIukuleini āI Ā Kilimiaā mei he hoko āa e fakahÄ loto kuo āiloa ko e Euromaidan āa ia ko ha ngaahi fakahÄ loto āeni āa ha kau āIukuleini pe ne kamata he 2013 āo fakafepakiāI āa e loto āa honau puleāangaā ke toloi atu āenau fakamoāoni he aleapau European UnionāUkraine Association Agreement pe aleapau āeni ke tuāufakataha āa āIukuleini mo e āiunioni āa āIulopeā ka ke nau fakataha kinautolu mo LÅ«sia mo e Eurasian Economic Union. Ne fakalalahi āa e fakahÄ lotoā ni he mamahi āa e kau āIukuleiniā honau puleāanga Ā āo aāu ki he iku fakafisi āa e palesiteniā. Ka ne hoko ia ke hÅ« hake ai āa e kau sÅtia āikai teunga sÅtia angamaheni LÅ«sia ia āo nau puke fakamÄlohiāi āa e ngaahi feituāu talÄ mo mahuāinga āo āIukuleini. Ne paasi ai āe LÅ«sia āenau lao ke fakamafaiāI āenau hÅ« atu ki āIukuleiniā. Ne iku ai ke fakaangaāI lahi heni āe he kakai o Kilimia ā ha fili fakahÄloto ne fai āe honau Fale Aleaā āo pehÄ ke nau kau kinautolu ki LÅ«sia ka ko e tÄlaāa āa e kakai āo Kilimia ki he ola e fili ni ā he ko e kau LÅ«siaā pe ia ne nau fokotuāutuāuā.
Kaekehe, ne hokohoko mai heni āa e ngaahi alea kehekehe pe ia ka ko e meāa ke mahino foki ko e kasa ko ia āa āLÅ«sia āoku tufaki ki āIulopeā āoku fou ia āI āIukuleini pea āoku mei maāu āe he fonuaā ni ia āa e paāanga āIulo āe tolu piliona he taāu kei ai. Ka āoku hoko ia ke faāa fai ai āa e ngaahi alea lalahi pea ne iku āo faāu āe LÅ«sia ia āene paipa foāou āana ke fakatafe ai āene kasaā āo āikai fou ia āI āIukuleini.
Kaekehe ko e toe mapuna hake ko āeni āo hÅ« atu āa āAmelika mo e NATO ko e mahino mai kuo toe āÄtakaiāI āe LÅ«sia āa āIukuleini he uikeā ni