Tension escalates along Ukrainian border amid fears of possible Russian invasion
\n ISTANBUL
\nThe United Arab Emirates (UAE), Kuwait, and Iraq on Saturday advised their nationals against traveling to Ukraine as tension continues to escalate between Russia and the West.
\nOn Twitter, the UAE Embassy in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv urged its citizens to postpone any travel to Ukraine amid fear of a possible Russian invasion.
\nThe Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry also called on its nationals in Ukraine to leave the country \u201cto preserve their safety.\u201d It also urged those seeking to travel to Ukraine \u201cto postpone their travel at the present time.\u201d
\nCiting \u201cexceptional circumstances,\u201d the Iraqi Foreign Ministry issued a statement calling on its citizens in Ukraine to leave the country and to avoid traveling there.
\nUkraine has been plagued by conflict in its eastern regions since March 2014 following Russia\u2019s invasion and annexation of Crimea.
\nMoscow recently amassed more than 100,000 troops near Ukraine, prompting fears that the Kremlin could be planning another military offensive against its ex-Soviet neighbor.
\nRussia has denied it is preparing to invade and accused Western countries of undermining its security by NATO\u2019s expansion toward its borders.
\nThe Kremlin also issued a list of security demands to the West, including a rollback of troop deployments from some ex-Soviet states, and guarantees that Ukraine and Georgia will not join NATO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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