Ukrainian embassies sent 'bloody packages' with animal eyes, says Kyiv

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The reports of the "bloody packages" follow a series of letter bombs sent addresses in Spain, including the Ukrainian embassy. /Juan Medina/Reuters

Several Ukrainian embassies around Europe have been sent "bloody packages" containing animal eyes, Kyiv's foreign ministry has announced, just after a series of letter bombs arrived at addresses in Spain including Ukraine's embassy in Madrid.

The packages, dipped in a liquid with a distinctive colour and smell, were sent to embassies in Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, Croatia and Italy, as well as general consulates in Naples and Krakow, and the consulate in Czechia's Brno, according to spokesperson Oleg Nikolenko.

"We are studying the meaning of this message," Nikolenko said in a statement, adding that Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has ordered all the Ukrainian representative offices abroad to be placed under heightened security.

Six letter bombs have been sent this week to targets in Spain, including Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and the U.S. Embassy to Madrid, prompting Spain to increase security.

Nikolenko said the entrance to the flat of the Ukrainian ambassador to the Vatican had been vandalized, with an embassy source in Rome saying human faeces were left in front of the door.

Nikolenko also said that the embassy in Kazakhstan had received a bomb threat, which has not yet been confirmed.

Source(s): Reuters