{"id":1234710,"date":"2022-01-24T09:07:54","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T14:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1234710"},"modified":"2022-01-24T09:08:10","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T14:08:10","slug":"london-follows-washington-pulls-diplomats-from-ukraine-despite-kyiv-criticism-as-germany-wavers-on-russian-sanctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/london-follows-washington-pulls-diplomats-from-ukraine-despite-kyiv-criticism-as-germany-wavers-on-russian-sanctions\/","title":{"rendered":"London Follows Washington, Pulls Diplomats From Ukraine Despite Kyiv Criticism, as Germany Wavers on Russian Sanctions"},"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\">32<\/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%2Flondon-follows-washington-pulls-diplomats-from-ukraine-despite-kyiv-criticism-as-germany-wavers-on-russian-sanctions%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=1234710&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237950214-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The United Kingdom has begun evacuating some embassy staff and their dependents from Britain\u2019s embassy in Kyiv amid what is claimed as the \u201cgrowing threat\u201d of an invasion of Ukraine by Russia.<\/p>\n<p>The move to withdraw embassy staff is not believed to have come in response to a specific threat against being made against British diplomats, but rather as a precautionary move.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cSome embassy staff and dependants are being withdrawn Kyiv in response to the growing threat from Russia. The British Embassy remains open and will continue to carry out essential work,\u201d the Foreign Office <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2022\/01\/24\/uk-withdraw-ukraine-embassy-russia-putin-staff-invasion\/\">said<\/a> in a statement per <em>The Telegraph<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The move follows the American State Department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/23\/state-department-orders-families-u-s-embassy-employees-leave-ukraine\/\">authorising<\/a> the voluntary withdrawal of embassy staff and the ordering of family members to leave Kyiv. The State Department has also issued a \u201cdo not travel\u201d warning to American citizens and has told citizens within the country to leave the country on an \u201cabundance of caution\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s foreign affairs spokesperson Oleg Nikolenko described the decision by the State Department as overly cautious, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OlegNikolenko_\/status\/1485528934330605569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1485528934330605569%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.sky.com%2Fstory%2Fus-orders-families-of-all-american-embassy-staff-in-kyiv-to-leave-ukraine-amid-fears-of-russian-invasion-12524067\">saying<\/a>: &nbsp;\u201cWhile we respect right of foreign nations to ensure safety [and] security of their diplomatic missions, we believe such a step to be a premature one [and] an instance of excessive caution.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>On Saturday, Britain\u2019s Foreign Office <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/01\/23\/uk-accuses-putin-of-trying-to-install-a-puppet-regime-in-kiev\/\">accused<\/a> Russian President Vladimir Putin of a \u201cplot\u201d to \u201cinstall a pro-Russian leader\u201d in Kyiv.&nbsp;The UK identified <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/kremlin-plan-to-install-pro-russian-leadership-in-ukraine-exposed\">five individuals<\/a> allegedly working on behalf of Russia in Ukraine, claiming that some of the men identified had been in contact with Russian intelligence involved in the possible invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Russia has denied the claims, and one of the men pointed to by Britain, former Ukrainian MP&nbsp;Yevhen Murayev has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/ukraine-russia-yevhen-murayev-b1999067.html\">warned<\/a> that he may sue the&nbsp;Foreign Office for spreading \u201cfake news\u201d about him being installed as a pro-Moscow leader of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ukraine: London Accuses Putin of Trying to Install a Puppet Regime in Kiev<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Tr7R6No4F8\">https:\/\/t.co\/Tr7R6No4F8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1485266079479996422?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, the European Union has announced that it will not be following the lead of the U.S. and UK in removing embassy staff.&nbsp;<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">The head of foreign affairs for the bloc, Josep Borrell <a href=\"https:\/\/euobserver.com\/tickers\/154176\">said<\/a> on Monday:&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cWe are not going to do the same thing \u2026 we don\u2019t have to dramatise, negotiations are going on.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>While U.S. President Joe Biden had promised to work more closely with European allies on foreign policy, there has been a stark divide between America and Germany on the issue of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>In contrast to the United States, which has sent 80 tonnes of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/01\/24\/ukraine-applauds-as-second-shipment-of-u-s-lethal-aid-arrives\/\">lethal aid<\/a>\u201d to Ukraine, the recently installed German Chancellor, Social Democrat Olaf Scholz <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-blocks-estonian-arms-exports-to-ukraine-report\/a-60520988\">reportedly<\/a> blocked Estonia from sending German-made military equipment to Kyiv. Scholz has also played down the idea of Germany imposing sanctions on Russia, calling for \u201cprudence\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one should harbour the illusion that there is any step that has no consequences for us,\u201d the German chancellor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-01-23\/germany-s-scholz-seeks-prudent-sanctions-against-russia-s-z\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Germany, like others in the EU, has been facing an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/08\/european-energy-prices-soar-as-putin-holds-back-gas-supplies\/\">energy crunch<\/a>, with Vladimir Putin allegedly holding back gas supplies over an ongoing dispute over the opening of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. Former President Donald Trump frequently warned that if Europe continued its reliance on Russian gas, they would become \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2018\/07\/11\/trump-starts-nato-summit-on-front-foot-blasts-hypocritical-germany-as-captive-of-russians\/\">captives<\/a>\u201d of Putin.<\/p>\n<p>Scholz also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/german-chancellor-turned-down-biden-invite-discuss-ukraine-crisis-der-spiegel-2022-01-21\/\">reportedly<\/a> refused to have a face-to-face meeting with President Joe Biden to discuss the Ukraine situation, however, Berlin has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/world-news\/2022\/01\/21\/ukraine-standoff-us-russia-meet-geneva-last-ditch-talks-avert\/\">denied<\/a> the rumours.<\/p>\n<p>Foreign ministers of the European Union will hold a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/live-news\/20220124-eu-us-seek-coordinated-response-to-russia-over-ukraine-crisis\">video conference<\/a> with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday in order to align their so-far disjointed response to Russia amassing 100,000 troops on the Ukrainian border.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Kurt Zindulka on Twitter here <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KurtZindulka\">@KurtZindulka<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Kingdom has begun evacuating some embassy staff and their dependents from Britain\u2019s embassy in Kyiv amid what is claimed as the \u201cgrowing threat\u201d of an invasion of Ukraine &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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-1234710","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\/1234710","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1234710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1234710\/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=1234710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1234710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1234710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}