MOSCOW — Moscow announced Monday it was expelling a Ukrainian embassy worker, the latest in a wave of diplomatic expulsions that have embroiled Russian and European diplomats, while Kiev vowed to respond in kind.
The expulsion came amid heightened tensions between Moscow and Kiev over an uptick in fighting between Ukraine’s army and pro-Russia separatists in eastern Ukraine.
Russia’s foreign ministry said in a statement that due to “unfriendly actions taken by the Ukrainian side… an employee of the Ukrainian embassy in Russia was declared persona non grata”.
It added that the diplomat, who was not named, must leave Russia by the end of April.
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