Baltic states expel 10 Russian diplomats

The foreign ministries of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania said on Friday that the three countries had expelled a total of 10 Russian diplomats.

Lithuania has expelled four, while Latvia and Estonia have expelled three diplomats each.

"All unjustified expulsions of Russian diplomats will be met with appropriate responses," said Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry.

Latvian Foreign Minister Edgar Renkevige tweeted that the Russian diplomats were expelled in a coordinated action "in connection with activities incompatible with their diplomatic status and given the current Russian invasion of Ukraine."

Estonia's foreign ministry said in a statement that it had expelled the diplomats because they "directly and actively undermined the security of Estonia and spread propaganda that justified Russian military action."


Lithuania said it had expelled the diplomats "in solidarity with Ukraine".

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