Lithuania’s deportation of Russian ambassador to Baltic state after Ukraine accused Russian forces of killing civilians in the town of Buca, the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry said today.
Russia’s ambassador to Lithuania “should leave the country,” the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
“Lithuania stands in full solidarity with Ukraine and the Ukrainian people, who are victims of unprecedented Russian aggression,” Foreign Minister Gabriel Lantzbergis said in a statement.
“The war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by the Russian armed forces in Ukraine will not be forgotten,” he added.
Lithuania also said it would close the Russian consulate in the port city of Klaipeda and said its envoy to Moscow “would return in the near future”.
Neighboring Latvia, meanwhile, has said it will take steps on diplomatic relations with Russia without elaborating.
“In light of the crimes committed by the Russian armed forces in Ukraine, Latvia will tighten diplomatic relations with the Russian Federation,” Foreign Minister Edgar Rinkevics wrote in a Twitter post. “Special decisions will be announced as soon as the internal procedures are completed,” he added.
Ukrainian authorities say they have found the bodies of 421 civilians near Kyiv as of Sunday and are investigating possible “war crimes” in Bhutan, a designation also used by US President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron and of Russia, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Source: Capital
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