EU summons Russian chargé d'affaires over Moscow's threats to foreign diplomats

The European External Action Service has summoned the Russian chargé d'affaires over Moscow's threats to foreign diplomats.

 Anitta Hipper, lead spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, said Russia's threats to foreign nationals and diplomats, accompanied by calls for them to leave Kyiv, constitute an unacceptable escalation of the war.

"The European External Action Service summoned the Chargé d'Affaires, calling on Russia to stop hitting civilians and to engage in genuine peace talks starting with a full and unconditional ceasefire," she wrote on X.

Hipper also stressed that the EU Delegation will be staying in Kyiv despite the Russian threats.

Poland's Foreign Ministry stated earlier that it will regard any Russian strikes on Polish diplomatic missions as deliberate and intentional and called on Russia to immediately end its aggression.

EU Ambassador to Ukraine Katarína Mathernová has said that Western diplomats will not be leaving Kyiv despite Russia's latest threats.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha believes Russia's threats of further strikes on Kyiv are intended to intimidate Western diplomats.