National Security Adviser Urges Americans to Leave Ukraine ‘Immediately’

White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan is urging Americans to leave Ukraine “immediately,” citing a “strong possibility” of a Russian invasion.

During a press briefing at the White House on Friday, Sullivan said, “We encourage all American citizens who remain in Ukraine to depart immediately. We want to be crystal clear on this point. Any American in Ukraine should leave as soon as possible, and in any event in the next 24 to 48 hours.”

“We obviously cannot predict the future. We don’t know exactly what is going to happen. But the risk is now high enough, and the threat is now immediate enough that this is what prudence demands. If you stay, you are assuming risk with no guarantee that there will be any other opportunity to leave and no prospect of a U.S. military evacuation in the event of a Russian invasion,” he added.

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🇷🇺Russia has amassed roughly 130,000 troops on Ukraine’s border, stoking concerns that it is planning an invasion.

Sullivan also said that there is a “credible prospect” that any Russian “military action would take place even before the end” of the Winter Olympics. However, he added the U.S. has not determined