This delivery, which comes two days after the arrival of a letter bomb at the Ukrainian embassy in Madrid, would be part of a “terror campaign” by Moscow, according to kyiv.
Ukraine said this Friday, December 2 to have received at several of its diplomatic representations in Europe packages containing “animal eyes“, denouncing a”planned campaign of terrorfrom Moscow, two days after a letter bomb injured one of its employees in Madrid.
“Bloody parcels arrived at embassies in Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, Croatia, Italy, Austria, the consulates general in Naples and Krakow, and the consulate in Brno“Said in a statement on Facebook the spokesperson for Ukrainian diplomacy, Oleg Nikolenko.
Campaign of “terror and intimidation”
“The packages contained animal eyes“, he detailed. Before adding, without giving more details:The wrappers themselves were soaked in a specific color liquid and smelled similar“. “We have reason to believe that a well-planned campaign of terror and intimidation of Ukrainian embassies and consulates is underway“, lambasted the Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dmytro Kouleba, quoted in the press release on Friday.
“These (intimidation) attempts are useless“, He underlined, aiming at Russia which has suffered several humiliating defeats on the military ground in recent weeks in Ukraine. Kyiv said in the statement “cooperate with law enforcement agencies of foreign countries to investigate all cases of threats, identify those involved and bring them to justice“.
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The announcement of suspicious packages comes two days after a letter bomb exploded at the Ukrainian embassy in Madrid, injuring “slightlyan employee who handled her, according to the Spanish national police. The package was intercepted at 1:00 p.m. GMT by embassy security services. The building was immediately evacuated and analyzes were carried out on the mail, which did not reveal the presence of explosives.
“Further analysis” some mail “is in progress“, said the police source. In The Hague (Netherlands), an AFP journalist saw a police car parked near the Ukrainian embassy just before 12:30 GMT, before it quickly left the premises.
An embassy employee welcoming Ukrainian citizens, who are waiting for their appointment in a container converted into a waiting room in front of the building, declined to comment.
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