POSSIBLE SERIOUS CRIMINAL ACTIVITY NEAR O’BRIEN’S PUB AND HYATT HOTEL -- US Embassy Kyiv Warden Message -- March 25, 2009

Recently, private U.S. citizens resident in or visiting Kyiv have reported seven violent criminal assaults and robberies directed against foreign nationals by a gang of street criminals. These reported activities have occurred in and around the areas surrounding O’Brien’s Pub and the Hyatt Hotel in Kyiv.

After an extensive check, the Regional Security Office of the Embassy has been unable to confirm these incidents; however, crime is a serious problem in Kyiv and as the economic situation worsens, violent criminal incidents – robberies, burglaries, and assaults – are expected to increase.  As a reasonable precaution,  the Embassy strongly recommends all U.S. citizens exercise an increased level of security awareness and report any criminal incident to the Embassy.   

In the event further information is obtained regarding this or any other security or safety situation in Ukraine, the Embassy will provide updates via this same channel and on the Embassy’s web page: http://kyiv.usembassy.gov. American citizens who need to contact the Embassy may do so during working hours by calling American Citizens Services unit at (38-044) 490-4445 or the main Embassy telephone number at (38-044) 490-4000. The Embassy’s duty officer may be reached after hours via this same number.

U.S. Embassy in Ukraine:
10, Yuriy Kotsyubynsky St.
01901 Kyiv, Ukraine

Consular Section:
6, Mykola Pymonenko St.
01901 Kyiv, Ukraine