Ukraine war: Animal eye packages sent to six embassies across Europe - BBC

Parcels containing carnal eyes person been sent to six Ukrainian embassies successful Europe, its overseas ministry says.

Spokesman Oleg Nikolenko said the "blood-soaked" packages were recovered successful Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Croatia, and Austria.

It is not wide who sent the packages to the embassies and consulates.

Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba believes a "well-planned run of panic and intimidation of Ukrainian embassies and consulates" is taking place.

Two days agone an worker was injured aft a missive weaponry exploded astatine Ukraine's embassy successful Madrid, Spain - 1 of a bid of alleged incidents.

Mr Nikolenko referred to a fig of others successful a connection released connected Facebook, including that the entranceway to the premises of the Ukrainian ambassador to the Vatican person besides been vandalised.

What's more, helium added, the embassy successful Kazakhstan has received a spoof weaponry threat, portion the embassy successful the USA has received a missive containing a photocopy of an nonfiction captious of Ukraine.

"The missive came synchronously with others from the territory of 1 European country," Mr Nikolenko said. "Ukraine is moving with overseas instrumentality enforcers to analyse each the threats, place those implicated and bring them to account."

The six packages delivered to the European embassies and consuls, helium added, "were impregnated with a liquid of diagnostic colour and had a corresponding smell".

Mr Nikolenko besides said Ukrainian consulates and embassies person stepped up information measures, pursuing Dmytro Kuleba's instructions aft the blast successful Madrid.

Spanish constabulary confirmed they received a study astir the detonation astatine astir 13:00 section clip (12:00 GMT). As yet, no-one has said they are down the blast, and it is unclear whether immoderate of the incidents are related.

Later connected Wednesday evening, a 2nd "suspicious postal shipment" was intercepted astatine the office of subject instrumentality steadfast Instalaza successful Zaragoza, the interior ministry said.

Then, connected Thursday morning, missive bombs arrived astatine the defence ministry and astatine an aerial basal successful Torrejon de Ardoz, conscionable extracurricular Madrid.

"The characteristics of the envelopes, arsenic good arsenic their content, are akin successful the 5 cases," Spain's Secretary of State of Security, Rafael Perez, told journalists.

"There are signs that bespeak that the letters came from Spanish territory, but I importune we indispensable beryllium prudent...we are astatine the opening of the investigation."