# Embassies have no plans to evacuate Kyiv amid Russian bombardment, Ukraine says

https://mins.news/en/item/84102

- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-10-02 20:56 UTC
- World
- Original: https://kyivindependent.com/embassies-not-planning-to-evacuate-kyiv-amid-russias-bombardment-foreign-ministry-confirms/

> Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry says it has received no requests or notifications from foreign diplomatic missions about relocating from Kyiv. The statement followed a Guardian report that contingency plans might move embassies to Lviv or eastern Poland if Russia deliberately targeted diplomatic missions, while embassies otherwise intend to remain in the capital.

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