US Ordered Diplomat Families to Evacuate From Ukraine out of ‘Abundance of Caution’: Official

Embassy Charge d'Affaires Kristina Kvien (2nd from R) and Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Rostyslav Zamlynskii (3rd from R) speak to the media following the unloading of weapons delivered on a National Airlines plane by the United States military at Boryspil Airport near Kyiv in Boryspil, Ukraine, on Jan. 25, 2022. Sean Gallup/Getty Images

The United States evacuated diplomats’ families from Ukraine out of an “abundance of caution,” Kristina Kvien, the U.S. acting ambassador to Ukraine, said on Tuesday.

“The decision was made because right now [President] Vladimir Putin and Russia have built up such military might on the border that they could take an action any day now,” Kvien told ABC News, as tensions mount over the possibility of a Moscow-led invasion.