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Vadym Prystaiko is no longer Ukraine’s ambassador to the UK, according to a PA source on Friday, after he publicly criticised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky over his ‘sarcasm’ during a row about his demands for weapons.
A diplomatic source confirmed to the PA news agency that Prystaiko was out of the job but could not confirm reports he had been sacked by the Ukrainian leader.
It comes following a diplomatic spat earlier this month between the UK and Ukraine, after UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said that the UK and US were ‘not Amazon’ when it came to Kyiv’s requests for weapons and military equipment.
The remarks prompted anger in Kyiv and put pressure on Downing Street amid an otherwise successful Nato summit in Vilnius.
‘I don’t believe this sarcasm is healthy,’ Prystaiko suggested publicly last month following Zelensky’s remarks.
Prystaiko had been in post in London since July 2020.
source: PA
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