Ukraine: EU, Germany summon Russian envoys after Moscow tells diplomats to leave Kyiv
Key takeaways
- The EU and Germany both summoned Russian diplomats to protest attacks on Kyiv and orders for diplomats to leave the city.
- Sunday's attack was one of the larger bombardments of Kyiv in the four-year Russian invasion.
- Russia had first raised the prospect of widespread attacks on Kyiv earlier in May, amid the two sides' bickering over a possible ceasefire to mark the anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe in 1945.
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The EU and Germany both summoned Russian diplomats to protest attacks on Kyiv and orders for diplomats to leave the city. The UN secretary-general also rebuked Russia in a session on proliferating conflicts worldwide.
https://p.dw.com/p/5ELOx Russia sad this week that Sunday's strikes on Kyiv might not be a one-off, telling diplomats to leave Ukraine's capital Image: Maxym Marusenko/Nur Photo/picture alliance Advertisement The EU, Germany, several UN members and Secretary-General Antonio Guterres all rebuked Russia on Tuesday for Sunday's bombardment of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and Moscow's call for foreign diplomats to leave the city for their own safety.
Sunday's attack was one of the larger bombardments of Kyiv in the four-year Russian invasion. And on Monday, the Kremlin announced that it planned more such attacks that would "systematically" target what it said were defense companies and other military targets in the city.