UK ambassador has left Ukraine

Britain's ambassador to Ukraine has left the country

Britain's ambassador to Ukraine has left the country because of the "serious security situation", Foreign Secretary Liz Truss says.

Qazet.az reports that the invasion Ambassador Melinda Simmons and a reduced embassy staff moved from the capital Kyiv to Lviv in western Ukraine, where the threat was considered less acute.

Giving evidence to the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, Truss said all UK diplomatic missions in the country have now closed.