Russia’s shut best friend Belarus has requested Ukrainian diplomats to go away the rustic. Just a few shall be allowed to stick to proceed consular products and services.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko | AP
Shut Russian best friend Belarus on Wednesday instructed Ukraine to chop its diplomatic presence within the nation mentioning unfriendly movements and meddling in its interior affairs, drawing Kyiv’s condemnation and promise of a “correct” reaction.
Russia has used Belarusian territory as a staging submit for its assault on Ukraine and the Ukrainian president’s place of business on Sunday warned it noticed a prime possibility of an assault on western Ukraine’s Volyn area being introduced from Belarus.
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The Belarusian international ministry stated in a remark that an unspecified selection of Ukrainian diplomats must go away inside of 72 hours and the Ukrainian consulate within the town of Brest could be closed because of a loss of body of workers.
“We imagine such movements of Belarus as every other unprovoked unfriendly step,” stated Ukraine’s international ministry spokesperson Oleg Nikolenko.
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He stated in general 12 diplomats have been ordered to go away, however the ambassador would stick with enough body of workers in Minsk to proceed consular products and services.
“Ukraine is not going to go away the movements of Belarus and not using a correct reaction, which we will be able to announce later,” he stated in a remark.
The Belarusian safety provider, KGB, on Tuesday accused 8 Ukrainian diplomats of espionage. Nikolenko denied the allegations, pronouncing the body of workers had been respectable representatives of quite a lot of Ukrainian ministries and state products and services who have been brazenly running in Belarus in those roles prior to the battle.
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