British Embassy continues to work in Kyiv

The British Embassy in Kyiv continues to work, the country's ambassador Melinda Simmons said that she continues to work with the core team, Report informs with reference to RIA Novosti.

Earlier, the US State Department allowed the voluntary departure from Ukraine of part of the staff of the US embassy in Kyiv and members of the families of diplomats. At the same time, the head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell, noted that the EU countries are not going to evacuate diplomatic missions from Ukraine, and urged not to dramatize the situation. Later, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry reported that only the United States, Great Britain, Australia, and Germany notified the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry of their intention to evacuate family members of their diplomats from Ukraine, the press service of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said on Monday.

“I am staying in Kyiv and continue to work there with a core team. The embassy remains operational," she wrote on Twitter.