Yesterday a security agent from the Ukrainian embassy in Madrid was injured when he opened a letter bomb addressed to the ambassador. Kiev immediately ordered to increase the security of all its foreign representations. The security officer sustained minor injuries and went to the hospital on his own for treatment.
It has now become known that a letter was also sent to Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on 24 November which, according to the police, was “flammable”, but not explosive. The defense minister also received that letter, according to police.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has called on all Kiev embassies abroad to “urgently” step up security. The minister also urged Spain to take “urgent steps to investigate the attack,” a spokesman added. The perpetrators, he added, “will not be able to intimidate Ukrainian diplomats or interrupt their daily work to strengthen Ukraine and counter Russian aggression.”
C90 rocket launcher
A letter bomb was also delivered on Wednesday to an arms manufacturer in Zaragoza in northern Spain, which produces the C90 missile launchers that Spain supplies to Ukraine. A local government spokesman told Spanish radio that the two envelopes appeared to come from the same sender, as the same email address was written on both documents. According to Spain correspondent Jorn Lucas, the explosive found at the air force base looks exactly like previous explosives; “Again, there was an email address in the sender address.”
The producer sounded the alarm when a letter from Ukraine was also delivered to Zaragoza after the incident at the Madrid embassy. When 911 was called, they found that a wire had been attached to the envelope, which would have set off an explosive if the mail item was opened. The suspect envelope was detonated in a controlled manner.
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