KIEV, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- The United States and Britain have no ample grounds to withdraw some of their staff from their embassies in Kiev as the security situation at the Ukrainian border is relatively stable, a Ukrainian political analyst said Monday.
"Considering that there have been no fundamental changes on the Ukrainian borders over the past year (the concentration of Russian troops has even somewhat decreased), today there is no reason to fully support the corresponding step by Washington and London," Igor Chalenko, chairman of the Center For Analysis and Strategies, told Xinhua.
The U.S. Department of State on Sunday ordered eligible family members of staff at its embassy in Ukraine to leave the country.
Separately, the British Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) said the United Kingdom has begun to withdraw staff from its embassy in Kiev.
"It should be mentioned that these countries have intensified the supplies of lethal defensive weapons to Ukraine, even flying around the countries that oppose such support, in particular Germany," Chalenko said.
According to him, the United States and Britain are possibly withdrawing diplomats' families from Kiev in a move to prove the expediency of weapons supplies to Ukraine.
"It can be assumed that such a step with the evacuation is also aimed at leveling the opponents of providing new batches of weapons within these countries," Chalenko said.
He added that another purpose of the evacuation is to draw global attention to the Russian military build-up along the Ukrainian borders.
"It was the signal that was given by the United States and Great Britain to their partners and allies. This is another emphasis on the risks posed by the Russian Federation," Chalenko said.
He added that the evacuation of employees of diplomatic missions is unequivocally regarded in the world as a deterioration in the security situation in the host country.
"At this stage, Ukraine, first of all, found itself in the information confrontation between the United States and the Russian Federation," Chalenko said.
On Jan. 22 and Jan. 23, the United States provided Ukraine with two batches of military assistance as part of a military package worth 200 million U.S. dollars that was approved for Kiev last year.
Last week, Ukrainian Armed Forces also received anti-tank defensive weapons from Britain. ■