Video: Russian consulate in New York vandalised with purple paint | World News

The Russian Consulate in New York was vandalised with purple spray paint on Saturday. The paint appeared hours earlier than Russian President Vladimir Putin introduced he was annexing 4 components of Ukraine occupied by Moscow's military, AFP reported.

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Police stated that an investigation into the incident was ongoing and it could possibly be a "bias incident". No arrests have been made thus far, police added.

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The vandalisation could possibly be to protest Russia's invasion of Ukraine, police stated.

In Ukraine, shelling killed not less than 30 individuals in Zaporizhzhia- one of many worst assaults in opposition to civilians in months as President Volodymyr Zelensky urged the NATO to grant Ukraine expedited membership condemning Moscow's annexations.