Families of US Embassy personnel in Ukraine ordered to begin evacuating as soon as Monday: officials
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The State Department has ordered families of U.S. Embassy personnel in Ukraine to begin evacuating the country as soon as Monday, U.S. officials tell Fox News.
Late Friday night, the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine announced the first shipment of ammunition had arrived as directed by President Biden. FILE - An aerial view of the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine, in 2020. (Igor Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Members of Ukraine's Territorial Defense Forces, volunteer military units of the Armed Forces, train in a city park in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022. Dozens of civilians have been joining Ukraine's army reserves in recent weeks amid fears about Russian invasion. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) A view of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, Jan. 21, 2022. (Vladimir GerdoTASS via Getty Images)
U.S. officials say small arms ammunition constitute the bulk of the 200,000 pounds of what the State Department is calling lethal aid – needed by Ukrainian soldiers on the front lines. U.S. officials also tell Fox that Javelin anti-tank missiles are expected to arrive early next week from the Baltic states and from U.S. military stockpiles.
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