Australia said on Sunday it was vacating its embassy in Kiev given the “deteriorating security situation” caused by a build up of Russian troops on Ukraine’s border, as prime minister Scott Morrison accused China of remaining “chillingly silent” on the issue.
“I want to send a very clear message on behalf of Australia … that the autocratic, unilateral actions of Russia, to be threatening and bullying Ukraine, is something that is completely and utterly unacceptable,” Mr Morrison was quoted as saying in news reports.
