EU allies expel nearly 200 Russian diplomats in two days after Bucha killings
by Kate Connolly in Berlin from World news | The Guardian on (#5XVKN)
More than 250 diplomats and embassy workers now expelled since Moscow invaded Ukraine
Almost two hundred Russian diplomatic staff have been expelled from European countries this week in a direct expression of governments' outrage at the killings of Ukrainian civilians revealed as Moscow's military forces left.
In what amounts to one of the biggest diplomatic breakdowns of recent years, 196 Russian diplomats and embassy staff have been told since Monday they are no longer welcome to stay by governments in Italy, France, Germany and elsewhere, in addition to more than 100 reported to have already been thrown out since the beginning of Russia's latest invasion of Ukraine on 24 February.
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