an hour agoRussia starts removing diplomats from Ukraine, even removing flags from embassy
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)“News Agency TASS” reported that Russia has begun evacuation of diplomatic staff from all its missions in Ukraine, citing a representative of the Russian Embassy in Kiev. Russia's embassy and general consulate in Odessa were seen on Wednesday without flags, Reuters writes. Some “cars left [...] territory
“News Agency TASS” reported that Russia has begun evacuation of diplomatic staff from all its missions in Ukraine, citing a representative of the Russian Embassy in Kiev.
Russia's embassy and general consulate in Odessa were seen on Wednesday without flags, Reuters writes.
“Several cars left the consulate's territory this morning “, a member of the Ukrainian National Guard, who was on duty near the Russian consulate in Odessa, told the agency “.
On Tuesday, Russia's Foreign Ministry announced the evacuation of diplomatic staff from Ukraine for what it called security reasons -- a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin recognised the independence of two eastern Ukrainian regions.
Last week, a video circulated online, where smoke was seen coming out of the Russian Embassy chimney in Ukraine. “News Agency TASS” quoted a worker as saying that embassy staff burned documents before leaving.
This is a regular procedure. In cases like this one we have now, there is a group of measures that need to be taken for security reasons”, the employee was quoted as saying.
