Australia evacuates the embassy in Kyiv due to the Russian invasion fear

Australia evacuates the embassy in Kyiv due to the Russian invasion fear. 

Australia announced on Sunday that it was moving its Embassy in Kyiv because the situation at the border between Ukraine and Russia deteriorated rapidly, and Premier Scott Morrison called on China not to be “chillingly still” about the situation.

The United States and Europe intensified their warnings of the imminent attack of Russia at Ukraine, and the Kremlin is vying for more significant influence in post-Cold war Europe and Europe, opposed a NATO-EU joint diplomatic response to requests to lessen tensions, calling it disrespectful.

Australia’s Embassy staff in Kyiv was instructed to an office temporarily located in Lviv, a city situated in the west of Ukraine approximately 70 km (44 miles) from the border with Poland foreign minister Marise Payne stated in an announcement.

“We continue to counsel Australians to get out of Ukraine immediately, using commercial means,” Payne said.

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Morrison declared it was clear that this situation “is at a dangerous point” and said, “the unilateral and autocratic actions of Russia to threaten and intimidate Ukraine is totally and completely unacceptable.”

Morrison’s government has a rocky relationship with China Morrison also urged Beijing to stand up for Ukraine in the wake of China’s condemned meeting of foreign ministers from the U.S., Australian, Japanese, and Indian foreign ministers in Melbourne the week before.

“The Chinese government is happy to criticize Australia … but remains silent and stoic about Russian troops that are accumulating at the border with Ukraine,” Morrison said. Ukrainian frontier,” Morrison told a news conference.

“The alliance of autocracies we’re witnessing, which is seeking to bully other countries, isn’t something Australia does not take a firm policy on.”

The relationship between Australia and China, its largest trading partner, became strained following Canberra blocked Huawei Technologies from its 5G broadband network in 2018, strengthened laws to prevent foreign interference, and called for an independent investigation into the causes of COVID-19.