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By: The Opinion Updated 10 Dec 2022 , 10: 10 pm EST
The Ukrainian government reported that it has received unusual attacks on some of its European embassies, which have received packages “bloodied” with animal eyes.
The spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Oleg Nikolenko, informed that the Ukrainian embassies and consulates in six European countries have received in recent days packages with animal eyes
.
The official explained that “bloody packages” were received by the Ukrainian embassies in Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, Croatia and Italy, as well as by the consulates in Naples ( Italy), Krakow (Poland) and the Czech city of Brno.
“We are studying the meaning of this message”, said Nikolenko in a statement on Facebook, adding that Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has ordered all affected embassies and consulates to be placed under heightened security.
Previous attacks
The bloody letters were presented after they were sent
six bomb letters in the last week to addresses in Spain, including the Embassy of Ukraine in Madrid , the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and the United States embassy in Madrid, which has led Spain to reinforce security.
On Tuesday, an employee of the embassy of Madrid was injured after opening a package addressed to the Ukrainian ambassador in Spain. The employee decided to open the package, received by normal mail, in the embassy garden because it contained a small box.
Hours after the incident, Spanish police said that a similar package had been sent to a Spanish arms company that manufactures rocket launchers that Spain has donated to kyiv , and that they believed the two incidents were related.
Nikolenko also reported that the entry of the Ukrainian ambassador’s residence in the Vatican was vandalized and the Ukrainian embassy in Kazakhstan was warned of an attack with explosives, although it was not confirmed.
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