UK Kyiv Embassy: UK to reopen embassy in Kyiv next week: PM Johnson

The UK embassy in Kyiv, shut earlier this 12 months resulting from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, will reopen subsequent week, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson mentioned on Friday.

“We are going to very shortly, subsequent week, reopen our embassy in Ukraine’s capital metropolis,” he mentioned on a two-day go to to India.

London moved its predominant diplomatic mission in Ukraine from Kyiv to the western metropolis of Lviv in February, shortly earlier than Russia ordered in its troops.

In early March, International Secretary Liz Truss mentioned ambassador Melinda Simmons left the nation due to the “critical safety scenario”.

A lot of Western international locations, together with France, Spain and Italy, have both reopened their embassies in Kyiv or introduced an imminent return.

Truss mentioned in a separate assertion in London the reopening of the UK embassy was as a result of “extraordinary fortitude and success” of Ukraine’s resistance to Russian forces.

“I need to pay tribute to the bravery and resilience of the embassy crew and their work all through this era.”

No precise date was given for the reopening however the International Commonwealth and Improvement Workplace (FCDO) mentioned the embassy premises had been presently being made safe.

Regardless of the reopening, the FCDO continues to be advising all UK nationals towards travelling to Ukraine.