After a letter bomb in Spain, other Ukrainian diplomatic missions received bloody parcels, according to information from Kyiv. Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Friday that packages with animal eyes were received at embassies in Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, Croatia, Italy and three consulates in Italy, Poland and the Czech Republic.
There were also alleged incidents in front of the Ukrainian ambassador’s headquarters in the Vatican and the embassies in Kazakhstan and the United States. Parcels and letters were received synchronously from “a European country”, he said.
“Since they cannot stop Ukraine on the diplomatic front, they are trying to intimidate us,” Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba commented on the incidents, referring to Russia’s war of aggression against his country, which has now lasted more than nine months. 🇧🇷 The 41-year-old assured that Ukrainian diplomats continued to work undisturbed. Security precautions have been increased in all Ukrainian diplomatic missions.
In the middle of the week, letter bombs were sent to important politicians and embassies in Spain – including the Ukrainian embassy in the EU country. A representation security guard was injured in the hand. Initially there was no information about the sender, and no one claimed responsibility for the crimes.
Meanwhile, Italian media reported that strangers broke into the building in Rome where the Ukrainian ambassador to the Holy See resides. The front door, stairs and walls were smeared with excrement.