Polish Foreign Ministry spokesman Lukasz Jasina tweeted that an incident occurred Thursday morning in Irkutsk, located in Siberia (Russia). Someone put a lot of effort into trying to remove Polish and European Union flags from the railing of the Polish Consulate General building.
“This morning (local time) two men made an attempt to remove the flags of the European Union and Poland from the building of the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Irkutsk. They were prevented from doing so.” – Foreign Ministry spokesman Lukasz Jasina wrote on Twitter.
The Foreign Ministry spokesman also posted a video of the entire event. As it turns out, two men used heavy equipment to get into the facade of the consulate building. When one of the vandals was taking down the Polish and European flags, an employee of the Consulate General came out onto the balcony of the building. – What are you doing? – we hear the employee’s questions in Russian.
Then there is an exchange of words between the consulate employee and the intruder. In the meantime, the vandal tears at the flags fastened to the railing, at which point the video ends. According to the MFA spokesperson, the flags remained in their place, but the reasons for the intruder’s behavior are not known. A spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, asked on Twitter what nationality the vandals were, indicated that the identity of the perpetrators is not known.
The incident occurred in Irkutsk, located in Siberia, Russia. It can be assumed that the incident is related to the ongoing war in Ukraine caused by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Poland, as well as many other European Union countries, are involved in helping Ukraine, which may have been the reason why the incident described was observed.
How childish. Remove flags all you want, nothing will stop united Europe.
Loved Irkutsk in “Risk”, you could always concentrate your armies there and in Yakutsk in order to attack North America via Kamtchatka.
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Polish Foreign Ministry spokesman Lukasz Jasina tweeted that an incident occurred Thursday morning in Irkutsk, located in Siberia (Russia). Someone put a lot of effort into trying to remove Polish and European Union flags from the railing of the Polish Consulate General building.
“This morning (local time) two men made an attempt to remove the flags of the European Union and Poland from the building of the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Irkutsk. They were prevented from doing so.” – Foreign Ministry spokesman Lukasz Jasina wrote on Twitter.
The Foreign Ministry spokesman also posted a video of the entire event. As it turns out, two men used heavy equipment to get into the facade of the consulate building. When one of the vandals was taking down the Polish and European flags, an employee of the Consulate General came out onto the balcony of the building. – What are you doing? – we hear the employee’s questions in Russian.
Then there is an exchange of words between the consulate employee and the intruder. In the meantime, the vandal tears at the flags fastened to the railing, at which point the video ends. According to the MFA spokesperson, the flags remained in their place, but the reasons for the intruder’s behavior are not known. A spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, asked on Twitter what nationality the vandals were, indicated that the identity of the perpetrators is not known.
The incident occurred in Irkutsk, located in Siberia, Russia. It can be assumed that the incident is related to the ongoing war in Ukraine caused by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Poland, as well as many other European Union countries, are involved in helping Ukraine, which may have been the reason why the incident described was observed.
How childish. Remove flags all you want, nothing will stop united Europe.
Loved Irkutsk in “Risk”, you could always concentrate your armies there and in Yakutsk in order to attack North America via Kamtchatka.
Speaking of which… check Ukraine on the [map](https://donkeytime.org/img/412642.jpg)
So someone went through all that trouble just to take down 2 flags that can easily be replaced?
It’s funny because most consulates probably have multiple spare flags on hand.