Ukraine embassy threats marked with German Tesla sender address, minister says
- In total, 31 suspicious or threatening packages were sent to Ukrainian embassies in 15 countries, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said
- All envelopes had the address of a Tesla car showroom in Sindelfingen town, and usually sent from post offices without video surveillance
Ukraine said on Wednesday that its embassies abroad have recently received 31 suspicious or threatening packages that had been marked with a sender’s address of a Tesla showroom in Germany.
Kyiv’s diplomatic offices in Madrid late last month said a security guard was slightly injured after opening a letter bomb addressed to the embassy, and Ukraine has reported further incidents since.
“In total we already have 31 cases in 15 countries,” Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said, specifying Ukrainian diplomatic offices in Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania and Denmark had recently received packages.
“All the envelopes have the same sender address: the Tesla car showroom in the German town of Sindelfingen. Usually, the shipment was made from post offices that were not equipped with video surveillance systems,” Kuleba added.
He added that Ukrainian embassies and consulates for one week had been “operating under heightened security measures”, including with pyrotechnicians and forensics.
“Criminals also took measures not to leave traces of their DNA on the packages,” Kuleba added, saying that he was in touch with counterparts in impacted countries.
Earlier this month a number of Ukrainian diplomatic missions in the European Union received packages containing animal eyes in what Kyiv described Friday as a “well-planned campaign of terror”.