US Reopens Kyiv Embassy After 3-Month Closure

Employees rise up the U.S. flag outside the U.S. embassy, as the embassy reopens after closing it for three months due to the Russian invasion, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 18, 2022. Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images

The U.S. embassy in Kyiv reopened on Wednesday after a three-month closure due to Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine.

“We are officially reopening operations,” spokesperson Daniel Langenkamp told Reuters shortly before the U.S. flag was raised above the embassy.