Australian Prime Minister Warns Citizens to Leave Ukraine

Australian Prime Minister Warns Citizens to Leave Ukraine
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks at the top of a meeting of Australian, United States, India, and Japan foreign ministers at the Melbourne Commonwealth Parliament Offices in Melbourne, Australia, on Feb. 11, 2022. Darrian Traynor / Pool / AFP via Getty Images
Caden Pearson
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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has warned any of its citizens remaining in Ukraine to leave urgently. He claimed the threat of a Russian invasion is making the situation “dangerous.”

Speaking to the media in Sydney on Feb. 12, Morrison said his government had since late last year been warning Australians in the eastern European nation to “put themselves in a position of safety.”

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