MOSCOW —
Unknown assailants on Wednesday threw red paint at the Polish embassy in Moscow
as
Russia demanded a formal apology from Warsaw over what it said was an
“egregious” attack on its envoy.
اضافة اعلان
On Monday, the Russian ambassador to
Poland was
splattered with a red substance by pro-Ukraine activists in Warsaw when he
tried to lay a wreath to mark Victory Day. This year’s events took place as
Moscow’s military campaign in Ukraine enters its third month.
On Wednesday, the Russian foreign ministry summoned
Poland’s ambassador Krzysztof Krajewski over the “egregious” attack and
demanded an “official apology” from the country’s leadership.
“A decision on further steps will be made depending
on Warsaw’s reaction to our demands,” the Russian foreign ministry said in a
statement.
The same day, red paint was thrown at the building
housing the Polish embassy in Moscow.
“Mr Ambassador Krzysztof Krajewski confirmed that
such an incident occurred,” Poland’s foreign ministry spokesman Lukasz Jasina
told Polish news agency PAP. He added that the ambassador was waiting for the
police to arrive.
Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Marcin Przydacz told
reporters in Washington that if paint was indeed thrown at the Polish embassy
then Poland expected Russia to clarify the matter and find the perpetrators.
Poland’s Foreign Minister
Zbigniew Rau on Monday
called the spraying of the Russian ambassador with a red substance an incident
that should not have happened.
Poland has accepted hundreds of thousands of refugees from
neighboring Ukraine since President
Vladimir Putin sent troops into the
pro-Western country on February 24.
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