Latvia summons Russia's charge d'affaires over destruction of Latvian consulate in Sloviansk

Latvia's foreign ministry said ‌on Friday it had summoned Russia's acting charge d'affaires to the Baltic country over its attack on the Ukrainian ⁠city of Sloviansk and the damage it caused to the Latvian consulate there, Report informs via Reuters.

The ministry said in a statement that Latvia's honorary consul Oleksandrs Pavenko was unharmed in the attack, but ‌that ⁠two consulate staff members had been injured.

The ministry added that it had submitted a note of ⁠protest to the Russian embassy, "expressing the strongest condemnation of Russia for ⁠the brutal attack on the city of Sloviansk and ⁠the destruction of the Latvian honorary consulate building."