The Russian Foreign Ministry is optimizing the staff of foreign policy institutions in Ukraine. According to Maria Zakharova, this will be done because of the risk of provocations from the Ukrainian side.
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The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has decided to optimize the staff of its foreign missions in Ukraine due to the risk of provocations. This was stated by the official representative of the Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova.
“Fearing possible provocations by the Kiev regime or third countries, we really decided to optimize the staff of Russian foreign missions in Ukraine,” Zakharova said.
At the same time, she noted that the Russian Embassy in Kiev and consular offices “will continue to perform their main functions.”
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In addition, Zakharova referred to the evacuation of the US and British embassies from Ukraine. “Given the significant influence that Washington and London have on Kiev, and in general their role in managing processes in Ukraine – which is worth pumping “square” weapons and instructors alone – we conclude that our American and British colleagues, apparently, know about some military actions being prepared in Ukraine that can significantly complicate the security situation,” she said.