Since the special military operation started in Ukraine, more than 400 diplomats were expelled from diplomatic missions in 28 Western countries, said Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Evgeny Ivanov at the meeting of the Interim Commission of the Federation Council on State Sovereignty and Prevention of Interference in the Internal Affairs of Russia, APA reports citing TASS.
“Since the special military operation started in Ukraine, our more than 400 colleagues were expelled from diplomatic missions in 28 Western countries. Poland, Germany, Slovenia, Slovakia, Croatia, France, Italy, and Spain are in the first place,” he noted.