Ukraine announced the naval attache of the Russian Embassy Persona Non-Grad

Ukraine announced the naval attache of the Russian Embassy in Kyiv Persona Non-Grad. This was reported by the Interfax-Ukraine agency with reference to the country's Foreign Ministry.

"The naval attache of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Ukraine was announced by Persona Non-Grada in connection with its activities that are not compatible with the diplomatic status in accordance with the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations of 1961," the foreign policy said.

They added that "in the near future the diplomat must leave the country's territory."

The Russian diplomat was detained as a result of a "successfully conducted counterintelligence operation on April 30 at the site of the agent of his agent,"Newsru.ua reports.

The named after the Russian naval attache was not named in the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry.