comes after cnn reported on friday the u.s. embassy in kiev requested the state department authorize the departure of family members of personnel in kiev and nonessential staff in kiev. and we're learning now that the state department has decided to grant that authorization because of reports, according to the state department, that russia is planning significant military action against ukraine. they continue in a statement saying the security conditions particularly along ukraine's borders in russia-occupied crimea and eastern ukraine are unpredictable and can deteriorate with little notice. demonstrations which turned violent at times regularly occur throughout ukraine including in kiev. this marks a dramatic escalation which is the u.s. is making contingency plans to evacuate americans from the country if it came to that amid this mass i have troop buildup.