Italy’s Foreign Ministry is asking Italian citizens in Ukraine to leave the country temporarily, the ministry decided on Saturday after a meeting convened at short notice. Those affected should use the commercial means of transport available for this purpose. The Italian embassy in Kiev will continue to operate, but non-essential staff should be brought back to Italy, it said in a statement. The Mediterranean country is following countries such as Germany, the Netherlands and Britain, which previously made a similar appeal to their compatriots in the Eastern European country. In the ongoing te…