Ukraine Detains Russian Military Attache in Kiev for “Espionage”

The Ukrainian authorities have arrested the military attache of the Russian Embassy in the country for “espionage”. The diplomat is now awaiting his deportation but the date is not specified, according to the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry quoted by Russian news agency Interfax. The aggregate, whose name has not transpired yet, was arrested Wednesday while conducting ” intelligence activities “. Moscow, lost in the celebrations of May 1, has not yet been handed down.

“The naval and military attache of the Russian Embassy in Ukraine is declared persona non grata in connection with their actions, which are not in accordance with their diplomatic status,” said the Ukrainian minister. Russia denies any involvement in the riots in this country, but warned that it reserves the right to intervene to protect the Russian-speaking community in Ukraine.

Ukraine accuses Russia of orchestrating occupations carried out by well-organized armed men in masks and military uniforms. There has been called a secessionist referendum on 11 May, two weeks before the general election in Ukraine.

The Ukrainian interim president, Alexandr Turchinov said on Wednesday that his country was ” defenseless ” against the pro-Russian occupation of government buildings and the local police headquarters in the region of Donbass coal, the source of about a third of the industrial production of the country.

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