Ukrainian diplomats in 12 countries received threats but terrorists will fail – Kuleba

Dmytro Kuleba, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, has reported that over the last couple of days, Ukrainian diplomats in 12 countries have received threats 18 times; he assured fellow citizens that whoever was behind, he would not achieve their goals. European Pravda reports that Kuleba made this statement at the end of the urgent meeting with Ukrainian ambassadors. He listed the cases of diplomats being threatened: an attempted terrorist attack in Spain; packages with perverse threats in the form of plucked out animals' eyes in Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, Croatia, Italy, Austria, the Czech Republic, the Vatican, and France; the reports about mining in Kazakhstan, and a suspicious letter in the USA.

"Terrorists are not only trying to intimidate the Ukrainian diplomats. They want to weaken and intimidate Ukraine and sabotage the important diplomatic work aimed at facilitating armament and power equipment supply [to Ukraine] and the isolation of Russia. They think that they can intimidate and stop us or weaken the international support of Ukraine", the minister wrote on Facebook.

Kuleba assured Ukrainian citizens that the general political institution has strengthened security and is cooperating with the national law enforcement of foreign countries and the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) in order to find and prosecute the perpetrators.

"My answer to those behind it: your efforts are in vain. The Ukrainian diplomats cannot be intimidated, their will cannot be broken. We will continue to effectively work to protect Ukraine from the enemy and achieve victory.

The terrorists will not succeed", he emphasised. Earlier on Friday, 2 December, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine reported that after the terrorist attack in Spain, the Ukrainian embassies in Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, Croatia, Italy, General Consulates in Naples and Krakow as well as the Consulate in Brno received blood-soaked packages. The packages contained animals' eyes and were soaked in a red liquid with a corresponding odour.

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Later, it was revealed that the Ukrainian embassy in Madrid, which received a "letter bomb" on Wednesday, 30 November also received a package with the traces of blood.

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