Pentagon Mulls Sending Special Forces To Protect US Diplomats At Kyiv Embassy

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Three months after the U.S. embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine, suspended operations because of the Russian invasion, it officially resumed operations last Wednesday. The reopening has put forward various plans by the Biden administration to stack the facility with special operations personnel.

U.S. officials told WSJ the Biden administration is weighing a range of options to protect American diplomats in the warzone where the embassy is within range of Russian missiles. Their presence on the ground would be an escalation considering Biden said no U.S. troops would be deployed to the country.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement upon the embassy's reopening last week, "We are officially resuming operations at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv. The Ukrainian people, with our security assistance, have defended their homeland in the face of Russia's unconscionable invasions, and, as a result, the Stars and Stripes are flying over the embassy once again."