Biden Admin: ‘No Active Planning’ for Evacuation of Americans From Ukraine

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon on Feb. 2, 2022. President Joe Biden is sending about 2,000 troops from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to Poland and Germany this week and sending part of an infantry Stryker squadron of roughly 1,000 troops based in Germany to Romania. AP Photo/Andrew Harnik

A top Pentagon spokesman confirmed on Feb. 9 that there is “no active planning underway” for Americans who live in Ukraine amid heightened tensions between the West and Russia.

“There is no active planning underway for what we would call a non-combatant evacuation inside Ukraine. There is no design to do this at this time,“ Department of Defense press secretary John Kirby told CNN. ”Americans living in Ukraine have plenty of time to leave Ukraine. And certainly, the State Department has made it clear that it does not want Americans going to Ukraine now.”