Avoid all travel to Ukraine, Canada urges amid tensions with Russia
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Ottawa updated its travel advisory to Ukraine on Tuesday afternoon after previously advising Canadians to avoid only non-essential travel to Ukraine.
Canadians should avoid all travel to Ukraine due to the growing risk of an armed conflict with Russia, the federal government warns.
Ottawa updated its travel advisory to Ukraine on Tuesday afternoon after previously advising Canadians to avoid only non-essential travel, and to evaluate if their presence was essential in the eastern European nation.
“Avoid all travel to Ukraine due to ongoing Russian threats and the risk of armed conflict,” the advisory reads.
“If you are in Ukraine, you should leave while commercial means are available.”
The notice follows a series of measures the Canadian government has implemented amid fears Russia could soon send its military into the former Soviet state.
Canada is pulling out non-essential staff and families from its embassy in Kyiv amid concerns of a possible escalation in the crisis. Ottawa has also announced a series of measures to support Ukraine during the conflict.
In recent weeks, Moscow has sent more than 100,000 troops, tanks and other military equipment near Ukraine’s borders, stoking fears in the West an armed invasion is impending. Russia has denied it’s planning an invasion, and Ukrainian officials have repeatedly pressed for calm.
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