A museum in Latvia across the street of Russian embassy.
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Tue 05 April 2022:
More than 120 Russian diplomats have been expelled from EU countries in the last 28 hours, amid international outrage over killings in the town of Bucha, Reuters reports.
Spain’s foreign minister, Jose Manuel Albares, said today that 25 Russian diplomats and embassy staff will be expelled in response to alleged war crimes by the Russian military in Ukraine.
The Russian ambassador was not among the diplomats to be expelled from Madrid, he said.
His Italian counterpart, Luigi di Miao, also confirmed that 30 Russian diplomats have been expelled “for national security reasons”.
Denmark earlier said it was expelling 15 Russian “intelligence officers” accused of spying on its territory.
Danish foreign minister, Jeppe Kofod, said diplomatic ties would remain with Moscow, and “the Russian ambassador and the rest of the embassy in Copenhagen are therefore not included in the expulsion”.
Sweden also announced it was expelling three Russian diplomats who conducted “illegal operations” in the country.
The announcements by Italy, Denmark and Sweden follow similar moves by France, which on Monday expelled 35 Russian diplomats, and Germany, which expelled 40 diplomats.
Also on Monday, Lithuania said it was expelling the Russian ambassador in response to Russia’s “military aggression” and the “horrific massacre in Bucha”.
In the UK, Labour’s shadow foreign secretary, David Lammy, demanded the expulsion of the Russian ambassador to the UK, Andrei Kelin, in response to alleged “war crimes” committed in Ukraine by Vladimir Putin and his forces.
But the foreign secretary, Liz Truss, was understood not to be preparing to expel diplomats and intelligence officers from London, PA news agency writes.
SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES
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