{"id":1487758,"date":"2022-05-22T20:00:15","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T00:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1487758"},"modified":"2022-05-22T20:00:19","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T00:00:19","slug":"pentagon-considers-sending-special-forces-to-guard-kyiv-embassy-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-considers-sending-special-forces-to-guard-kyiv-embassy-in-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon Considers Sending Special Forces To Guard Kyiv Embassy In 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\">22<\/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%2Fpentagon-considers-sending-special-forces-to-guard-kyiv-embassy-in-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=1487758&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:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/05\/Untitled-design-2022-05-22T185658.562.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Pentagon officials are considering plans to deploy members of the U.S. Special Forces to guard the nation\u2019s reopened embassy in Kyiv as Russia continues its military invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The report comes as the White House remains concerned over American diplomats in Ukraine, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/pentagon-weighs-deploying-special-forces-to-guard-kyiv-embassy-11653237183\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> by The Wall Street Journal on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are in close touch with our colleagues at the State Department about potential security requirements now that they have resumed operations at the embassy in Kyiv,\u201d Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut no decisions have been made, and no specific proposals have been debated at senior levels of the department about the return of U.S. military members to Ukraine for that or any other purpose,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. embassy in Kyiv is currently protected by Diplomatic Security Services, according to the State Department.<\/p>\n<p>While the safety of the nation\u2019s diplomats is important, some are concerned that sending Special Forces personnel to Kyiv could escalate America\u2019s involvement in a direct conflict with Russia.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration has clearly stated it does not intend to send American military forces into Ukraine. Instead, the U.S. is assisting by sending humanitarian and military support. In the past week, Congress approved an additional $40 billion in support for Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. has also sent thousands of military troops into Poland and eastern Europe to assist with Ukrainian refugees.<\/p>\n<p>The State Department previously announced on Wednesday that it had raised the American flag at the U.S. embassy in Kyiv after moving operations three months earlier.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday we are officially resuming operations at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv.\u00a0 The Ukrainian people, with our security assistance, have defended their homeland in the face of Russia\u2019s unconscionable invasion, and, as a result, the Stars and Stripes are flying over the Embassy once again,\u201d Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/raising-the-flag-at-u-s-embassy-kyiv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe stand proudly with, and continue to support, the government and people of Ukraine as they defend their country from the Kremlin\u2019s brutal war of aggression,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Two Republican senators called on Blinken to reopen the embassy last month as a sign of solidarity with the Ukrainian people.<\/p>\n<p>Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran and Montana Sen. Steve Daines shared the request in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/f\/?id=00000180-448c-d31b-a580-dc9fbe7d0000&#038;nname=huddle&#038;nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b4be0000&#038;nrid=0000014e-f115-dd93-ad7f-f91513e50001&#038;nlid=630309\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> in April. They reasoned that Ukraine appears to have staved off Russia\u2019s attempt to seize the capital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith Ukraine\u2019s successful defense of Kyiv and Russia\u2019s subsequent withdrawal of forces from the areas surrounding the capital, we encourage you to fully open the United States embassy without delay,\u201d the senators wrote.<\/p>\n<p>On April 9, European Union High Representative Josep Borrell met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv to announce plans to restart its operations in Ukraine\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith this visit, the European Union is returning back to Kyiv. I mean this literally: our Head of our Delegation is back here, so that we can work even more directly and more closely with the Ukrainian authorities,\u201d Borrell said in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eeas.europa.eu\/eeas\/ukraine-eu-resumes-its-diplomatic-presence-kyiv_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Several nations have now restored embassy efforts in Kyiv, including Italy and the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pentagon officials are considering plans to deploy members of the U.S. Special Forces to guard the nation\u2019s reopened embassy in Kyiv as Russia continues its military invasion of Ukraine.The report<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":325,"featured_media":1487783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1487758","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\/1487758","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\/325"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1487758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1487758\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1487783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1487758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1487758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1487758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}