The Czech Foreign Ministry urged citizens not to visit the Rostov region, Ukraine and Belarus
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The Czech Foreign Ministry called on its citizens to refuse trips to the Rostov region, Ukraine and Belarus, in connection with the situation in the Belarusian-Ukrainian and Russian-Ukrainian border areas. Appropriate warnings appeared on the agency's website on February 12 and 13.
“Due to the significant deterioration of the security situation on the borders of the eastern and northern regions of Ukraine and the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic warns against visiting Russian territory near the Russian-Ukrainian border, especially the Rostov region,” the message says.
Similar messages were written regarding visits to Belarus and Ukraine. “The threat of the use of force by the Kremlin to achieve any goals is unacceptable for the Czech Republic, a member of the European Union and NATO. We all the time believe in the success of diplomatic negotiations,” Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky said in addition to the warnings.
On February 14, it became known that US President Joe Biden, during a telephone conversation with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky, refused to give clear answers to a question about additional financial and military assistance to Ukraine. Biden also failed to respond positively to an invitation to visit Kiev in the near future.
