Ukraine Concerned ‘Premature’ Withdrawal of Australian, US, UK Citizens Will ‘Increase Tensions’

Members of Ukraine's Territorial Defense Forces, volunteer military units of the Armed Forces, train in a city park in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Jan. 22, 2022. Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo

A spokesperson for the Ukrainian government has said that it was unnecessary for Germany and the AUKUS allies—Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom—to tell their citizens to withdraw from Ukraine and that it could be used by enemies against the European nation.

Oleg Nikolenko, the spokesperson for the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said on Twitter that it was “extremely important to avoid activity that could be used in the information space to increase tensions in society and destabilize the economic and financial security of Ukraine.”