Ambassador of the Russian Federation was handed a note.
Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs asked 24 Russian embassy staff to leave the country , 18 of whom are diplomats, due to Russia's brutal aggression against Ukraine, reported on the website of the Croatian Foreign Ministry . >
The Russian ambassador was handed a note in which, in accordance with the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, Russia is informed of Croatia's decision to reduce the diplomatic and administrative staff of the Russian Embassy in Zagreb to the Croatian Embassy in Moscow.
Croatia has once again called on Russia to immediately cease all hostilities and withdraw its troops from all over Ukraine, as well as to provide evacuation routes and humanitarian corridors.
The Croatian Foreign Ministry stressed that those guilty of war crimes should be brought to justice.
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Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine, more than 100 Russian diplomats have been expelled from European countries. This step was taken, in particular, by Belgium, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands , Denmark < span style = "font-weight: 400;">, Poland , France , Slovakia , Germany, Italy, Sweden, Romania, Slovenia and Greece. >
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