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FILE PHOTO: U.S. military aid, including Javelin anti-tank missiles, delivered as part of the security support package for Ukraine, is unloaded from a plane at the Boryspil International Airport outside Kyivv, Ukraine February 10, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – About 150 U.S. troops from the Florida National Guard who are in Ukraine to help train Ukrainian forces are leaving the country as the threat of a Russian invasion increases, two U.S. officials told Reuters.

The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the decision was made after the State Department ordered some U.S. embassy staff in Ukraine to leave.

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