Ukraine: US advises Americans not to go to Russia and orders the evacuation of diplomatic families

 The

has ordered the evacuation of the families of diplomats to Ukraine.

This is learned from State Department sources who have recommended reducing non-essential personnel from the embassy in Kiev.

And the US administration also advises American citizens against traveling to Russia. 

he criticized the order given by Washington to evacuate the relatives of US diplomats from Ukraine as "premature" and "excessive". "With all due respect for the right of foreign states to guarantee the security of their diplomatic missions, we consider this measure taken by the Americans as premature and excessive," Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko said in a statement. "Unless US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has something important to tell us, EU personnel are not planning any evacuation from Ukraine", comments EU High Representative

, before the foreign affairs council in Brussels, commenting on the US announcement of the evacuation of the families of diplomats.

"On sanctions we want to act in strong coordination with our partners: the US, Canada and the UK. At the moment we are continuing to build a strong package of sanctions, but nothing concrete will be approved today", explains Borrell.

"There is a process, the process is ongoing, everything will be ready when needed, but today we will not announce anything," he adds.

Meanwhile,

, is accusing

of "betrayal" and "failure to help", in a harsh speech published exclusively by today's Bild, due to Berlin's failure to deliver weapons to Ukraine. "This is failure to help and betrayal of friends, in a dramatic situation, in which our country is threatened by Russian troops on various borders," he says. "Many ask themselves the question: who is the German government with? On the side of freedom and therefore Ukraine, or on the side of the aggressor?". "Now we need a clear signal from the most important country in Europe," he adds. "In Ukraine, there is enormous disappointment that Germany is keeping faith with North Strem 2. And that it does not hand over its weapons to us and that in this way it also distracts countries like theEstonia from delivering it to us ", says Klitschkonel his speech on today's Bild." Germany - writes the mayor of the Ukrainian capital - should tell lobbyists like Gerhard Schroeder that from now on it is forbidden by law to work for a regime like the Russian one ", he continues." Instead, the statements of the Deputy Admiral of the Navy show only one thing: that even important representatives of other institutions have lost their sense of reality ", continues Klitchko, referring to the words of the Navy chief circulated in a video, in which he argued that Putin "deserved respect".now it is forbidden by law to work for a regime like the Russian one ", he continues." Instead, the statements of the Vice Admiral of the Navy show only one thing: that even important representatives of other institutions have lost their sense of reality ", continues Klitchko, referring to the words of the head of the Navy circulated in a video, in which it was argued that Putin "deserved respect".now it is forbidden by law to work for a regime like the Russian one ", he continues." Instead, the statements of the Vice Admiral of the Navy show only one thing: that even important representatives of other institutions have lost their sense of reality ", continues Klitchko, referring to the words of the head of the Navy circulated in a video, in which it was argued that Putin "deserved respect".