As the terrible news continues to come from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, tensions between the West and Russia are rising. The blood-curdling images showing the massacre of civilians in the streets of the Ukrainian city of Bucha stirred the Western world. US President Joe Biden says Vladimir Putin should be prosecuted for committing war crimes. European countries have decided to expel Russian diplomats working in their countries one after another.
Speaking to Italian journalists before the “support meeting for Moldova” held in the German capital Berlin, Di Maio said that the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ettore Sequi called the Russian Ambassador to Rome Sergey Razov to the ministry this morning. He said that 30 Russian diplomats informed him that they had been declared “persona non grata”.
Stating that they acted together with their European and Atlantic Alliance partners, Di Maio said, “This decision has become necessary for reasons related to our national security within the framework of the current crisis caused by Russia’s unjust aggression against Ukraine.” said.
Minister Di Maio said: “Italy is suitable for guaranteeing security and peace in Ukraine. We will do whatever it takes to take this business forward. Being among the guarantor countries means taking the diplomatic road with the aim of a peace agreement. This does not carry any risk.” used the phrases.
Di Maio said that no threat can stop their actions towards peace, their aim is to achieve peace and stop this war.
DENMARK
Denmark has decided to expel 15 Russian diplomats after reports of the killing of civilians and the discovery of mass graves in the eastern Ukrainian town of Bucha.
The announcement was made by Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod.
In the news of the RIA news agency, there was information that the Russian Foreign Ministry would respond to this step of Denmark.
WHAT HAPPENED?
Ukrainian authorities began investigating whether Russia had committed war crimes after hundreds of bodies were found in Bucha, near Kyiv, some with their hands tied behind their backs and shot at close range.
In the statement made by TASS News Agency yesterday, Lavrov said that the corpses in Bucha were “planted” there and that “fictional” photos of these bodies were also spread on social media by Western countries and Ukraine.
France, Germany, Slovakia and Belgium also decided to expel different numbers of Russian diplomats serving in their countries in recent days.
(AA-Reuters)