CCTV footage shows a masked man spraying Mowcos’s consulate in New York with red paint
The Russian consulate building in New York City has been vandalized, with streaks of bright red paint seen sprayed onto its facade in an apparent protest against President Vladimir Putin signing treaties that pave the way for the inclusion of four former Ukrainian regions into the Russian Federation.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova denounced the attack in a Telegram post on Friday, sharing CCTV footage of the defaced diplomatic compound while accusing the United States and its NATO allies of fueling the conflict in Eastern Europe.
“Our Consulate General in New York. Look – this is how the Kiev regime and NATO, led by the United States, have been pouring blood over Donetsk and Lugansk all these years. The only thing they can do,” she said, referring to the capitals of the two breakaway provinces that first claimed independence from Ukraine back in 2014 and eventually held referendums to join Russia over that past week.
The New York City Police Department responded to a vandalism call around 1:30am on Friday morning, according to a statement obtained by CBS. No arrests have yet been made in connection to the defacing, which marred one side of the building with scribbles of red spray paint.
Graffiti still on the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in New York at 5:36pm, Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York City, Friday, September 30, 2022.#nyc nyc
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