War in Ukraine: Kyiv reported that it had received parcels with “animal eyes” at the embassies

“Bloody parcels have arrived at the embassies of Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, Croatia, Italy, Austria, the consulates general in Naples and Krakow, the consulate in Brno,” the Facebook post says. contained the eyes of animals.”

Before adding, without going into detail: “The package itself was soaked in a liquid of a certain color and had a similar smell.” Two days before the letter, an employee of the Ukrainian mission in Madrid was wounded by a bomb. “We have reason to believe that a well-planned campaign of terror and intimidation against Ukrainian embassies and consulates is underway,” Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said in a statement.

“These attempts (intimidation) are useless,” he stressed, targeting Russia, which has suffered several humiliating military defeats in recent weeks in Ukraine. Kyiv said in a statement that “to cooperate with law enforcement agencies of foreign states to investigate all cases of threats, identify those involved and bring them to justice.”

Chain of letter bombs in Spain

The suspicious parcels were reported two days after a bomb exploded at the Ukrainian embassy in Madrid “slightly” wounded the staff member who carried it. Other letters containing pyrotechnic material were sent to various Spanish individuals or authorities, including Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.

A Spanish police source confirmed to AFP on Friday that a “suspicious letter” had been sent to the Ukrainian embassy without citing its content, while Ukraine’s foreign minister called it a “bloody package.” The package was intercepted at 14:00 by the embassy security service.

The building was immediately evacuated. The Spanish police once again cordoned off the area around the speech. area around the building. Analyzes were carried out by mail, which did not reveal the presence of explosives. “A deeper analysis of the mail is underway,” a police source said.

In The Hague (Netherlands), an AFP reporter saw a police car parked outside the Ukrainian embassy just before 13:30 before it quickly fled the scene. An embassy employee meeting Ukrainian citizens waiting for reception in a container set up as a waiting room in front of the building declined to comment.