The Austrian Foreign Minister pointed to military, but not political neutrality in Ukraine. Alexander Schallenberg clarified that the lack of political neutrality is expressed in support for Ukrainian refugees, sending humanitarian aid to Kyiv and supporting anti-Russian sanctions.
The Austrian Ambassador in Moscow will be summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry. Moscow said it would respond to this unfriendly step. The Austrian Foreign Ministry announced to two diplomats of the Russian Embassy that they would be expelled from the country due to “inconsistency with their diplomatic status”