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As of 2/22/2022, Russia had begun a military incursion into eastern Ukraine, in separatist areas of Donetsk and Luhansk, which was described by UK authorities as a "renewed invasion of the country,” as reported by The Standard and by an official of the US government as "the beginning of an invasion," according to Politico.
Lviv, the largest city in western Ukraine and located only about 70 km (43 miles) from the Polish border, is the city to which the embassy personnel of the United States, Israel and the UK, have been moved, having abandoned Kyiv on the eve of the Russian invasion. For further background please see "Ukraine’s Lviv becomes ‘western capital’ as some diplomats leave Kyiv" by David L. Stern Washington Post, 18 February 2022. The US has also discussed plans for Ukrainian President Zelensky to move to Lviv should Russia launch a full-scale invasion.