KIEV, Aug. 15 - The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has advised Ukrainian citizens to refrain from traveling to Egypt without urgent necessity due to the introduction of a state of emergency and the deteriorating security situation in the country.

Ukrainian citizens who are currently in Cairo were advised to avoid visiting the city's central Tahrir Square and the adjacent Garden City district, the area around the Presidential Palace (Heliopolis district), the Rabia Al-Adawiya Mosque (Nasr City district), and the district of Giza.