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State Department Softens Ukraine Travel Warning with No Apparent Explanation

By Jeryl Bier
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State Department Softens Ukraine Travel Warning with No Apparent Explanation

The U.S. State Department updated its travel warning for Ukraine this week, backing off a recommendation that U.S. citizens currently in Crimea and the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk leave the area. The warning posted Wednesday a
dvises U.S. citizens “to avoid all travel to” those regions of Ukraine. However, the previous warning had also included a recommendation that “those U.S. citizens currently living in or visiting these regions … depart.”

The old and new warnings are shown here:

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