KYIV, Feb 9 - Mayor of Ivano-Frankivsk Ruslan Martsinkiv has said that Ivano-Frankivsk is ready to host the embassy of the United States if the embassy decides to move to western Ukraine.

Martsinkiv said this in a video address, the Ukrainian News Agency reports.

According to Martsinkiv, he learned that the embassy of the United States is considering moving to western Ukraine because of the alleged threat of a Russian military attack on Kyiv.