A top Pentagon spokesman confirmed Wednesday that there is “no active planning underway” for Americans who live in Ukraine amid heightened tensions between the West and Russia. “There is no active planning underway for what we would call a non-combatant evacuation inside Ukraine. There is no design to do this at this time,” Department of Defense press secretary John Kirby told CNN. “Americans living in Ukraine have plenty of time to leave Ukraine. And certainly, the State Department has made it clear that it does not want Americans going to Ukraine now.” When pressed about whether U.S. officials want Americans in the Eastern European country to leave, Kirby responded in the affirmative. “It’s really not a good time for American citizens to be in Ukraine, and we’ve been actively encouraging people to leave,” he said, adding: “The president himself said that if you are in Ukraine, you should think about leaving, …