Turkey issues travel warning for Ukraine amid escalating tensions

Turkey has issued a warning to its citizens not to travel to eastern Ukraine and to contact the Turkish embassy in Kiev before essential travel.

Monday February 14 2022 09:52 am

A convoy of Russian armored vehicles moves along a highway in Crimea.

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The Turkish Foreign Ministry on Feb. 12 advised its citizens to avoid traveling to eastern Ukraine amid escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine.

"It is recommended that our citizens refrain from traveling to the eastern border regions of Ukraine unless they have to," the ministry's statement said.

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The ministry also asked citizens to contact the Turkish embassy in Kiev before essential travel.

Turkey recently has stepped up for acting as a mediator between Ukraine and Russia to sustain peace in the region.

The United States and allies say Russia could invade Ukraine at any moment. Russia, which has more than 100,000 troops massed near Ukraine, denies having any such plan.

U.S. President Joe Biden’s National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said on Feb. 13 an invasion could begin “any day now.”

“We cannot perfectly predict the day, but we have now been saying for some time that we are in the window,” Sullivan told CNN.