Russian Permanent Representative is Cited to the Austrian Foreign Ministry

PeopleOther ♦ Published: August 21, 2022; 08:00 ♦ (Vindobona)

Russia's Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov, reportedly commented in response to a tweet by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanking the U.S. for arms deliveries, saying "No mercy for the Ukrainian people!" The Austrian Foreign Ministry is now summoning Ulyanov to "resolutely stand up against such inflammatory statements."

Mikhail Ulyanov, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to International Organizations in Vienna, during the IAEA 1611th Board of Governors meeting on the Situation in Ukraine. / Picture: © IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency / Dean Calma / Flickr Attribution (CC BY 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)

The Russian Federation's permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov, posted a putrid tweet on Twitter calling for no mercy to be shown to the Ukrainian population. The ambassador's tweet was in response to a tweet by Ukrainian President Zelenskyy thanking the U.S. for the arms supplies that have been helping Ukrainian forces defend against…