Ukraine denounces threats received by embassies in recent days as “terrorism and intimidation”
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dimitro KulebaIt estimated this Saturday at least 18 cases of threats to diplomatic missions and institutions from twelve countries in recent days, describing them as acts of “terrorism and intimidation” that “could not break” the will of their ambassadors.
“As of today 18 threat cases in 12 countries: Attempted terrorist attack in Spain, packages containing threats in the form of carved animal eyes in Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Croatia, Italy, Austria, Czech Republic, Vatican, France, as well as a suspicious letter sent to the United States” , Telegram announced in a message posted on his account.
An explosion occurred on Wednesday. Ukrainian embassy in Madrid. A letter addressed to the ambassador, containing a homemade bomb, was opened by an employee of the diplomatic mission. He was slightly injured in his right arm and sought medical attention in a Madrid hospital. Spanish authorities are treating the incident as a terrorist attack.