Maldivian Foreign Ministry has advised it's citizens against traveling to the Ukraine.

The Ministry today said that they are closing monitoring the status of the Maldivians currently in Ukraine and advises them to follow the instructions of the Ukrainian authorities and take protective measures.

Foreign Ministry has also advised the Maldivian nationals in Ukraine to register themselves at the Maldivian Embassy in Ukraine and the next closed diplomatic mission, in Germany.

Despite the Russian forces and armaments at the Ukrainian border, Russia has insisted that they are not going to invade Ukraine.

However, the USA has been touting that a Russian invasion is imminent.