Morning mail: Australia orders Kyiv embassy evacuation, Morrison government ratings fall, Ozploitation ranked

Monday: The situation in Ukraine has reached a dangerous stage, Scott Morrison warns citizens in the country. Plus: romantic Australian mini-breaks for under $500

Good morning. Australia has ordered the evacuation of its embassy in Kyiv as the Ukraine crisis worsens. Some countries are warning their citizens to leave the country entirely. And vulnerable Australians are being forced to hide at home due to expensive Covid tests.

Roughly one in three Australians have confidence in the Morrison government, which is the lowest approval since the 2019-20 summer bushfires, according to a survey. The longitudinal survey of 3,472 Australians was conducted in the final two weeks of January, as the Omicron wave and eased restrictions resulted in some days with more than 100,000 new Covid cases. The ANU's Centre for Social Research and Methods found 34.5% of adult Australians had confidence or were very confident" in the federal government, down from a peak of 60.6% in May 2020.