Ukraine war: Envoy says Russian embassy in US a ‘besieged fortress’, diplomats being threatened


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Russian diplomats in Washington are being threatened with violence and US intelligence services try to make contact with them, Tass news agency cited the ambassador as saying on Saturday. Anatoly Antonov told Russian television that since Moscow invaded Ukraine on February 24, face-to-face meetings with US officials had ended. “It’s like a besieged fortress. Basically, our embassy is operating in a hostile environment … Embassy employees are receiving threats, including threats of physical violence,” Tass quoted him as saying. “Agents from US security services are hanging around outside the Russian embassy, handing out CIA and FBI phone numbers, which can...