Diplomats and IT Firms Flock to Ukrainian City of Lviv
- U.S., German, Canadian embassies relocated staff to Lviv
- Warnings of possible Russian invasion pushed many to head west
Pedestrians and shoppers near the city hall on Market Square in the old town of Lviv, Ukraine, on Feb. 6.
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The western Ukrainian city of Lviv has become a temporary refuge for diplomats and IT workers leaving the capital as the U.S. warns of a potential Russian attack.
A U.S. alert over the threat of an invasion, which the Kremlin has dismissed as untrue, helped trigger an exodus from Kyiv to the city far from the bulk of Russian forces. Lviv, with a baroque old town that reflects nearly a century and a half of Habsburg rule, lies about 70 kilometers (43 miles) from the Polish border.