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US flag raised at embassy in Kyiv as operations resume

19 May 2022
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2022-05-19 10:15

The U.S. Embassy reopened in Kyiv on Wednesday. A dozen embassy employees watched solemnly as the American flag was raised. According to the US State Department, embassy operations resumed on Wednesday with diplomats returning on a permanent basis to the capital. They had previously been temporarily relocated to the western Ukrainian city of Lviv and neighboring Poland. Other Western countries have been reopening their embassies in Kyiv as well.

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