Ukraine-Russia war, USA: “Russian diplomats at the UN expelled are spies”

The twelve Russian diplomats at the United Nations who will have to leave the United States by 7 March were expelled because “intelligence agents”
of Moscow and therefore because of their alleged engagement in “activities that do not conform to their responsibilities and obligations as diplomats”. This was stated by Ambassador Richard Mills, Deputy United States Representative to the United Nations during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council. In a statement, the American Mission to the United Nations went on to state that the 12 Russian diplomats were “intelligence agents who abused their residency privileges in the United States by engaging in espionage activities adverse to our national security“. ” We had been dealing with it for several months, ” said Olivia Dalton, spokeswoman for the US diplomatic mission in a note.