MOSCOW, 25 December 2021, (TON): According to the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry “charged’ Affaires of Ukraine in the Russian Federation was summoned to the Foreign Ministry to protest in connection with the attack on the Russian Consulate General in Lvov.”

On the night of December 24, a terrorist act was committed against the Russian Consulate General in Lvov. An unknown person threw a Molotov cocktail in the direction of the entrance to the institution, which ignited and posed a threat to the security of the foreign establishment. None of the employees were hurt.

The statement said “the Charge d’Affaires of Ukraine in the Russian Federation was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry, to whom a strong protest was lodged and requirements were set forth for the Ukrainian side to fulfill its international obligations to ensure security and create appropriate conditions for the normal functioning of Russian diplomatic and consular missions.”

The message says “this dangerous incident on the part of the Ukrainian authorities is a direct violation of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 1963, the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, Including Diplomatic Agents, 1973 and the Consular Convention between the Russian Federation and Ukraine of 1993 It is obvious that such a blatant and unacceptable action was the result of whipping up Russophobic hysteria in Ukraine, inciting hatred and enmity towards the Russian Federation.”