In Kyiv, the situation has changed dramatically towards the severance of diplomatic relations with the Russian Federation
Ukraine has declared almost the entire diplomatic corps working in the country persona non grata.
An interlocutor close to the Russian Embassy in Ukraine told Kommersant about this, commenting on Kiev’s decision to expel 13 Russian diplomats from the country, which, according to President Poroshenko, will allegedly “strengthen security and weaken the efforts of the fifth column to destabilize the internal situation in Ukraine.”
“Thirteen diplomats are practically the entire diplomatic corps; In addition to diplomats, these are also security officers who also have diplomatic passports. The measures will also affect some consular workers. This decision did not come as a surprise. For almost four years, Ukraine has been talking about severing diplomatic relations, but has not taken a single step in this direction. But at the moment when we were not given the opportunity to vote for Russian citizens living in Ukraine in the presidential elections, the situation changed sharply towards a break,” said the publication’s interlocutor.
The situation in Kyiv has changed dramatically , leading to a severance of diplomatic relations with the Russian Federation.