During an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta, published June 19, Sergey Naryshkin, the director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), reported that many officials of the Ukrainian government stationed abroad are now refusing to return home once their overseas missions are ended. This is especially true of employees of Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry, he said, who are very aware of the true nature of their government. “Tens and hundreds of Ukrainian diplomatic employees simply refuse to return to their homeland once their mission is over,” he reported.
It is also the case, he said, that dissidence of any kind is not tolerated in Ukraine. No one can state their position openly, for fear of retaliation against themselves or their families. “Therefore, many officials prefer to leave the country, unwilling to have anything to do with the Kiev regime,” he pointed out.
For this reason, Naryshkin said, the SVR is inviting the employees of Ukrainian diplomatic missions abroad to come to Moscow for their safety and that of their families. “If you feel a responsibility for the fate of your homeland and for ensuring peace and stability in Europe and are under pressure from the criminal regime in Kiev, which is leading Ukraine to a national catastrophe, come to Moscow. We will ensure your personal safety and that of your families.”
The SVR press office reported that mass purges are taking place within Ukrainian diplomatic missions to identify anyone disloyal to the Kiev regime and send them home before their tour of duty is finished. In addition to the mass exodus of the country’s working population, it continued, an increasing number of representatives of Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry, Defense Ministry, Interior Ministry and special services are not returning to Kiev once their long-term assignments are finished. This is especially true of Ukrainian diplomats assigned to EU countries, who stay in those nations and change their status from diplomats to refugees.
