‘My parents are in bomb shelters’: Ukrainian embassy head urges Australia to expel Russian ambassador

Volodymyr Shalkivskyi says he cannot be ‘diplomatically polite’ and calls for stronger action against Russia in emotive plea at National Press ClubGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingThe head of Ukraine’s embassy in Australia says he cannot remain “diplomatically polite” when his parents spend their nights in a bomb shelter in Kyiv, and has called for the Russian ambassador to be expelled.Volodymyr Shalkivskyi issued the plea to the Australian government as he spoke about how his parents, aged in their 70s, had rebuffed suggestions to flee Ukraine’s capital and were now asking for molotov cocktail recipes. Continue reading…

Volodymyr Shalkivskyi says he cannot be ‘diplomatically polite’ and calls for stronger action against Russia in emotive plea at National Press Club

The head of Ukraine’s embassy in Australia says he cannot remain “diplomatically polite” when his parents spend their nights in a bomb shelter in Kyiv, and has called for the Russian ambassador to be expelled.

Volodymyr Shalkivskyi issued the plea to the Australian government as he spoke about how his parents, aged in their 70s, had rebuffed suggestions to flee Ukraine’s capital and were now asking for molotov cocktail recipes.

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