Key facts
- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. is not planning to remove diplomats from Kyiv.
- Rubio stated that the safety of diplomatic missions is assessed daily.
- Ukraine's Foreign Ministry confirmed no foreign missions have notified Kyiv of relocation plans.
- Russia has issued warnings to diplomats to leave Ukraine for months.
- Russia struck Kyiv's Northern Bridge with a drone on Oct. 4, injuring two people.
Washington does not currently plan to remove its diplomats from Kyiv as Russia continues attacks and warns foreign diplomats to leave, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters on Oct. 5, 2026. Rubio stated that the U.S. embassy presence in Kyiv is being maintained, and decisions about safety will be made if threats arise. "If a threat arises that we feel needs to be addressed by a change in posture, we'll do so. We haven't done that up to this point there," Rubio said.
Days earlier, on Oct. 2, Ukraine's Foreign Ministry said that no foreign diplomatic missions have notified Kyiv of plans to relocate. "If any diplomatic missions are planning to relocate, they inform us; that is the established procedure," Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi said.