than an hour on the ground they were able to plug some 17 plus embassy staff and their families , plus a small number of foreign nationals, the state department said out of the country and then flying them back, at least to eat the opiate now there were no contacts with any kind of violence in that operation. there have been some unconfirmed reports that it almost simultaneously. almost simultaneously. a french evacuation effort may have come under fire, but that has been unconfirmed at this stage of british special forces and the french special forces evacuated some 100 plus people from their nationalities and other foreigners at the belgium s dutch and even the norwegians are now and germans are now carrying out their efforts. but there are 19,000 potentially americans still stuck. in sudan , many of them dual nationals, not all of them necessarily wanting to be evacuated. but this isn t just focused on khartoum. in terms of the need for evacuation. there is violence spread
and connection with the people of sudan, and the president went on to say, and this is important. i am receiving regular reports from my team on their ongoing work to assist americans in sudan. to the extent possible. we are also working closely with our allies and partners in this effort, and so the president and they re making the point that they won t be able to do everything they can to get these americans out, but they will do what they can going forward fredricka alright will remain volatile for a bit. kevin liptak kylie atwood. sam carly, thanks to all of you appreciate it. alright now to ukraine, where officials say russian attacks or being reported along the length of the war s front line, especially in the eastern part of the country. one ukrainian military spokesman said shelling in these areas has been going around the clock and it comes ahead of an expected ukrainian counter offensive, which could happen within weeks or months, and for one town in southeastern ukraine. it
state department is channeling us citizens to say, hey, look to these options but telling them to do so. at their own risk. alright kylie atwood at the white house now, um kevin liptak is the white house willing to explore options or even share that it is exploring options about potentially getting other people out. well certainly the president is being updated on steps that the u. s might take to assist americans who remain in khartoum. but they have been clear really, for the past week or so that they do not see a large scale military evacuation of private american citizens to be in the offing here, and they say that as for a number of reasons, one it s not standard for the u. s government to evacuate its citizens from places that are war zones. that is not something that the us routinely does, and they also who made the point that the u. s. state department has given american citizens ample warning that it is not safe. to remain in sudan. it is a warrant