The corresponding statement of the ambassador was published on the page of the diplomatic mission on Facebook.
“This is an outright lie.
All of us in Washington, New York and Houston are working as usual.
The embassy did not receive any instructions from Moscow, as well as instructions from the State Department.
We continue to carry out our diplomatic functions,” he said.
As Antonov emphasized, the main task of Russian diplomats this week is to receive written answers from the American side to Russia's proposals on two documents on security guarantees, the implementation of which will help stabilize the situation in Europe.
Earlier, the office of the President of Ukraine commented on the departure of employees of the embassies of a number of states from the country.