Moscow in Response Declared Ukrainian Consulate Staffer Persona Non Grata

In response to Kyiv’s expulsion of a Russian diplomat, Moscow has declared an employee of the Ukrainian Consulate General in St. Petersburg persona non grata. In response to the expulsion of a Russian diplomat from Ukraine, Russia declared persona non grata a staffer at the Consulate General of Ukraine in St. Petersburg, reported Russian Foreign Ministry press service, on Tuesday, August 13. Earlier the Security Service of Ukraine reported that in the Lviv region a local resident was revealed who collected intelligence information for the Russian special services and transmitted them to the “Russian intelligence officer under diplomatic cover”, the diplomat was already expelled from Ukraine. The Russian Foreign Ministry, in turn, noted that the SBU had been pulling for three months with the release of this information. “Back in May 2019, the Ukrainian special services staged another provocation, groundlessly declaring persona non grata an employee of the Consulate General of Russia in Lviv. There was no evidence of his unlawful activity that went beyond fulfilling professional duties related to the work of a consular post, as usual,”the Russian Foreign Ministry said. Earlier, the SBU announced the detention of an FSB recruited agent. A resident of the Poltava region was recruited in Crimea by former servicemen of the SBU, who changed the military oath and switched to the side of the enemy. Korrespondent.net