{"id":1094577,"date":"2021-12-07T12:59:34","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T17:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1094577"},"modified":"2021-12-07T12:59:36","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T17:59:36","slug":"after-botched-afghanistan-evacuation-biden-making-contingency-plans-to-evacuate-americans-from-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-botched-afghanistan-evacuation-biden-making-contingency-plans-to-evacuate-americans-from-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"After Botched Afghanistan Evacuation, Biden Making Contingency Plans To Evacuate Americans From Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fafter-botched-afghanistan-evacuation-biden-making-contingency-plans-to-evacuate-americans-from-ukraine%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1094577&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Fresh from the debacle of withdrawing from Afghanistan, where American citizens were left behind in the chaos from the Biden administration\u2019s pullout, a report has emanated that the Biden administration, led by the Pentagon, is making plans to evacuate Americans from Ukraine if needed should the Russians invade their western neighbor. One source told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/12\/07\/politics\/us-citizens-evacuation-ukraine\/index.html\">CNN<\/a> that the Biden administration does not want to be caught \u201cflat-footed\u201d if the Russians invade.<\/p>\n<p>CNN reported on Tuesday:<\/p>\n<p><em>The contingency planning is being led by the Pentagon, the sources said, and comes as the administration briefs Congress on how the US is preparing. \u2026 The discussions are part of planning in the event the security situation severely deteriorates, multiple officials involved in the planning emphasized.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>CNN quoted sources saying that the Pentagon is considering various options, from an evacuation of nonessential US government employees to an evacuation that would also include other American citizens. The decision as to whether to evacuate would be left to the State Department. \u201cRight now some planning is underway by the State Department\u2019s diplomatic security for either an authorized or ordered departure of diplomats from the country should the situation warrant it, a source familiar with the discussions said,\u201d CNN reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/russia-preparing-massive-invasion-of-ukraine-in-upcoming-weeks-because-they-see-weakness-in-biden-reports\/\">reported<\/a> on Monday that Russia is reportedly preparing to launch a massive invasion into Ukraine in the immediate future with up to 175,000 troops, armor, and artillery:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe Kremlin has been moving troops toward the border with Ukraine while demanding Washington guarantee that Ukraine will not join NATO and that the alliance will refrain from certain military activities in and around Ukrainian territory,\u201d The Washington Post&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/russia-ukraine-invasion\/2021\/12\/03\/98a3760e-546b-11ec-8769-2f4ecdf7a2ad_story.html\">reported<\/a>. \u201cWhile Ukrainian assessments have said Russia has approximately 94,000 troops near the border, the U.S. map puts the number at 70,000 \u2014 but it predicts a buildup to as many as 175,000 and describes extensive movement of battalion tactical groups to and from the border \u2018to obfuscate intentions and to create uncertainty.&#8217;\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The build-up by Russia comes as it demands that the U.S. guarantees that Ukraine will not join NATO and that NATO will not interfere in military activities around Ukraine.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe Russian plans call for a military offensive against Ukraine as soon as early 2022 with a scale of forces twice what we saw this past spring during Russia\u2019s snap exercise near Ukraine\u2019s borders,\u201d a U.S. official told The Post. \u201cThe plans involve extensive movement of 100 battalion tactical groups with an estimated 175,000 personnel, along with armor, artillery and equipment.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe Russian troops worked out the issues of creating strike groups near the borders of our state, mobilization measures, logistical support of groups, [and] transfer of significant military contingents, including by air,\u201d the official said. \u201cAdditionally, in the past month, our information indicates Russian influence proxies and media outlets have started to increase content denigrating Ukraine and NATO, in part to pin the blame for a potential Russian military escalation on Ukraine. Recent information also indicates that Russian officials proposed adjusting Russia\u2019s information operations against Ukraine to emphasize the narrative that Ukrainian leaders had been installed by the West, harbored a hatred for the \u2018Russian world,\u2019 and were acting against the interests of the Ukrainian people.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon admitted in early November that since President Biden withdrew all U.S. troops from Afghanistan in the summer, several dozen immediate family members of U.S. service members were still trapped there.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/21100116-families_of_dod_personnel_seeking_departure_from_afghanistan_11042021\">memo<\/a>&nbsp;issued by Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Colin Kahl asked U.S. military personnel and DoD civilians who had immediate family members&nbsp;requiring help to leave Afghanistan&nbsp;to contact his office,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/military\/pentagon-steps-efforts-evacuate-families-u-s-troops-afghanistan-n1283373\">NBC News<\/a> reported. The memo \u201cinstructs service members and Defense Department civilians to email a specific address with the subject \u2018immediate family member,\u2019\u201d the network reported.<\/p>\n<p>According to defense officials, several dozen immediate family members of U.S. service members were still in Afghanistan.&nbsp;\u201cThere are well over 100 extended family members still in Afghanistan, but it\u2019s not clear how many of them want to leave the country,\u201d NBC News stated, citing the officials.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fresh from the debacle of withdrawing from Afghanistan, where American citizens were left behind in the chaos from the Biden administration\u2019s pullout, a report has emanated that the Biden administration, led by the Pentagon, is making plans to evacuate Americans from Ukraine if needed should the Russians invade their western neighbor. One source told CNN that the Biden administration does not want to be caught \u201cflat-footed\u201d if the Russians invade.CNN reported on Tuesday:The contingency planning is being led by the Pentagon, the sources said, and comes as the administration briefs Congress on how the US is preparing. \u2026 The discussions are part of planning in the event the security situation severely deteriorates, multiple officials involved in the planning emphasized.CNN quoted sources saying that the Pentagon is considering various options, from an evacuation of nonessential US government employees to an evacuation that would also include other American citizens. The decision as to whether to evacuate would be left to the State Department. \u201cRight now some planning is underway by the State Department\u2019s diplomatic security for either an authorized or ordered departure of diplomats from the country should the situation warrant it, a source familiar with the discussions said,\u201d CNN reported.The Daily Wire reported on Monday that Russia is reportedly preparing to launch a massive invasion into Ukraine in the immediate future with up to 175,000 troops, armor, and artillery:\u201cThe Kremlin has been moving troops toward the border with Ukraine while demanding Washington guarantee that Ukraine will not join NATO and that the alliance will refrain from certain military activities in and around Ukrainian territory,\u201d The Washington Post\u00a0reported. \u201cWhile Ukrainian assessments have said Russia has approximately 94,000 troops near the border, the U.S. map puts the number at 70,000 \u2014 but it predicts a buildup to as many as 175,000 and describes extensive movement of battalion tactical groups to and from the border \u2018to obfuscate intentions and to create uncertainty.&#8217;\u201dThe build-up by Russia comes as it demands that the U.S. guarantees that Ukraine will not join NATO and that NATO will not interfere in military activities around Ukraine.\u201cThe Russian plans call for a military offensive against Ukraine as soon as early 2022 with a scale of forces twice what we saw this past spring during Russia\u2019s snap exercise near Ukraine\u2019s borders,\u201d a U.S. official told The Post. \u201cThe plans involve extensive movement of 100 battalion tactical groups with an estimated 175,000 personnel, along with armor, artillery and equipment.\u201d\u201cThe Russian troops worked out the issues of creating strike groups near the borders of our state, mobilization measures, logistical support of groups, [and] transfer of significant military contingents, including by air,\u201d the official said. \u201cAdditionally, in the past month, our information indicates Russian influence proxies and media outlets have started to increase content denigrating Ukraine and NATO, in part to pin the blame for a potential Russian military escalation on Ukraine. Recent information also indicates that Russian officials proposed adjusting Russia\u2019s information operations against Ukraine to emphasize the narrative that Ukrainian leaders had been installed by the West, harbored a hatred for the \u2018Russian world,\u2019 and were acting against the interests of the Ukrainian people.\u201dThe Pentagon admitted in early November that since President Biden withdrew all U.S. troops from Afghanistan in the summer, several dozen immediate family members of U.S. service members were still trapped there.A memo\u00a0issued by Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Colin Kahl asked U.S. military personnel and DoD civilians who had immediate family members\u00a0requiring help to leave Afghanistan\u00a0to contact his office,\u00a0NBC News reported. The memo \u201cinstructs service members and Defense Department civilians to email a specific address with the subject \u2018immediate family member,\u2019\u201d the network reported.According to defense officials, several dozen immediate family members of U.S. service members were still in Afghanistan.\u00a0\u201cThere are well over 100 extended family members still in Afghanistan, but it\u2019s not clear how many of them want to leave the country,\u201d NBC News stated, citing the officials.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1094577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1094577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1094577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1094577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1094577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1094577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1094577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}