NATO sending fighters, ships to region; UK to withdraw some staff from embassy in Ukraine

(GINTS IVUSKANS/AFP via Getty Images)Melinda Simmons, the British ambassador to Ukraine, posted on Twitter that its embassy remained open and "we will be continuing with our work alongside [Ukrainian flag] partners."STATE DEPARTMENT ISSUES ‘DO NOT TRAVEL’ WARNING FOR UKRAINE AS EMBASSY STAFF IS TOLD TO LEAVE NATO's message came a short time after a lawmaker from Moscow warned the U.S. against positioning troops in eastern Europe."NATO will continue to take all necessary measures to protect and defend all Allies, including by reinforcing the eastern part of the Alliance. Russian troops have been deployed to the eastern border with Ukraine and tensions were not eased after talks Friday between Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Geneva.GET THE FOX NEWS APPRussia wants concrete assurances that NATO will not continue to expand, because Moscow sees that expansion as a security risk. NATO has said the demands are unacceptable and that joining the alliance is a right of any country and does not threaten Russia.Simon Coveney, the Irish foreign minister, said Russia is preparing to hold war games off Ireland's coast in international waters but also within the country's exclusive economic zone."We don't have a power to prevent this happening but certainly I've made it clear to the Russian ambassador in Ireland that it's not welcome," Coveney said, as he arrived for talks focused on Russia and Ukraine with his EU counterparts in Brussels on Monday.Fox News' Jessica Chasmar, Lucas Y.