According to him, since February, acts of vandalism have been recorded near the building of the diplomatic mission and the residence of diplomats.

“On April 19, an Orthodox church was desecrated in the place of La an der Thaya near Vienna, the gates in front of the entrance to the temple were painted, and the Ukrainian flag was hung out,” Lyubinsky said.

He stressed that unknown people had damaged the car of the rector of the temple, he received threats of physical violence.

“The Austrian law enforcement agencies react very seriously and promptly to our appeals and signals from the security service,” he added.

The Ambassador expressed the hope that the perpetrators would be punished.

Earlier, the Russian Embassy in Estonia called on the authorities of the republic to punish those responsible for desecrating the monument to the liberator soldier at the Military Cemetery in Tallinn.