City of Moscow terminates lease agreement for Ukrainian embassy. When the war in Ukraine began two years ago, the Ukrainian embassy in the Russian capital Moscow was closed.
Now another step followed. "In diplomacy there is the principle of reciprocity," explained Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. The embassy building is a manor house that was originally built in the 18th century and was later expanded several times. The well-known writer Lev Tolstoy was one of the guests of the house.