Posted on 02/22/22
| News Source: i24
'The Foreign Ministry is prepared for any development, including the possibility of a land exit'
Following a situation assessment at @IsraelMFA, as well as discussions with various international actors, FM @yairlapid has decided to instruct staff at the Israeli Embassy in Kiev @IsraelinUkraine to move to consular offices opened in the city of Lviv in western Ukraine. (1/4)
— Israel Foreign Ministry (@IsraelMFA) February 21, 2022
On Monday, Israel's Foreign Ministry announced that the country's Ukraine embassy in Kyiv will be relocated, and that its operations will be moved instead to consular offices in the western city of Lviv.
“Following a situation assessment… as well as discussions with various international actors, (Israel’s Foreign Minister Yair Lapid) has decided to instruct staff… to move,” the ministry announced on its official Twitter account.
The move echoed an announcement delivered by the United States last week, where Washington also said it would be moving it’s embassy operations from Kyiv to Lviv - citing concerns over the safety of the staff.
The western city is located around 50 miles from Ukraine’s border with Poland.