Daily News
Apr 23, 2021
The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement requesting a senior diplomat from the Russian Embassy in Ukraine to leave Ukraine within 72 hours from the 19th. The statement said that this decision was "a response to Russia's provocation." The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly protested that a diplomat from the Ukrainian Consulate General in St. Petersburg, Russia, was "illegally detained" by Russia on the 16th and was asked to leave the country before the 21st, and completely rejected the allegations made by the Russian side against Ukrainian consular officials.