Kuleba: 31 suspicious packages sent to Ukrainian diplomats in 15 countries
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said this in a post on Facebook, Ukrinform reports.
“In the last two days, suspicious packages have been sent to the embassies in Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania and Denmark, as well as consulates in Gdansk. In total, we already have 31 cases in 15 countries: Austria (1), Vatican (1), Denmark (1), Spain (5), Italy (4), Kazakhstan (1), Netherlands (1), Poland (6), Portugal (2), Romania (2), the U.S. (1), Hungary (2), France (1), Croatia (1), the Czech Republic (2),” he said.
The minister stressed that Ukrainian embassies and consulates had been operating in the mode of increased security for one week already.
According to Kuleba, all envelopes bear the same address of the sender: Tesla's car dealership in the German city of Sindelfingen. The packages were usually sent from post offices that were not equipped with video surveillance systems. The culprits also took steps so as not to leave traces of their DNA on the packages. According to the foreign minister, this, in particular, points to the act being implemented by professionals.
Kuleba also said that he had been in touch with his counterparts, with the Ukrainian embassies interacting with a foreign side in the context of the investigation into all cases of threats. He also thanked the Ukrainian law enforcement agencies that also promptly started the investigation.
“The ongoing campaign of terror against Ukrainian diplomats is unprecedented in its scale not only in the context of Ukraine but also at the global level. I do not recall cases in history when such a number of embassies and consulates of one country have been subjected to such massive attacks in such a short period of time,” the minister said.
On November 30, the Spanish media reported an explosion at the Ukrainian Embassy in Madrid. The embassy’s commandant suffered minor injuries, while other employees were not injured. After that, on December 2, the embassies in Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, Croatia, Italy, consulates general in Naples and Krakow, consulates in Brno received animal eye packages.
