The Victory Banner and the Russian flag were hung on the territory of the Ukrainian Embassy in Moscow

The Russian flag and the Victory Banner appeared on the flagpole on the territory of the Ukrainian embassy in Moscow. Video published TASS. Who exactly did this is unknown. The Russian Foreign Ministry has not yet commented on this. Since February 2022, the Ukrainian Embassy building has been empty after the termination of diplomatic relations with Russia.

Ukrainian diplomats were evacuated from Russia on February 24, 2022, the day the special operation was announced. Two days earlier, on February 22, Russia evacuated its diplomats from the territory of Ukraine.

In April 2023, the Kyiv City Council announced on the termination of the lease agreement for the land plot where the complex of buildings of the Russian Embassy in Ukraine is located. In February 2024, official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova reportedthat the Moscow City Property Department has terminated the lease agreement for the land plots on which the Ukrainian embassy is located.

On April 8, the head of the second department of the CIS countries of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Alexey Polishchuk, said TASSthat Russia will leave the Ukrainian embassy building intact even after the lease agreement is terminated.

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Evgeny Belousov