The body of the unnamed embassy attaché was found Tuesday at Kyiv’s Hilton Hotel, online newspaper Strana UA reported Wednesday, citing law enforcement sources.
Ukrainian news outlet New Voice (NV), citing unnamed sources, also reported that the attaché’s body was found at the city’s Hilton Hotel on Tuesday.
U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller later confirmed the death, saying during a Wednesday press conference that a U.S. government employee who had been working in Kyiv.
“I hate to even bring this up—but I know sometimes conspiracies theories spin out of control—that it is our understanding that he died of natural causes, and there’s no sign of foul play,” Miller said.
In March, four unnamed sources told Foreign Policy magazine that the U.S. State Department was planning to deploy as many as 30 to 40 diplomats to the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv to give officials, including Ambassador Bridget Brink, more flexibility to travel around the region.
“There are continued reports of Russian forces and their proxies singling out U.S. citizens in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine for detention, interrogation, or harassment because of their nationality.”
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The body of the unnamed embassy attaché was found Tuesday at Kyiv’s Hilton Hotel, online newspaper Strana UA reported Wednesday, citing law enforcement sources.
Ukrainian news outlet New Voice (NV), citing unnamed sources, also reported that the attaché’s body was found at the city’s Hilton Hotel on Tuesday.
U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller later confirmed the death, saying during a Wednesday press conference that a U.S. government employee who had been working in Kyiv.
“I hate to even bring this up—but I know sometimes conspiracies theories spin out of control—that it is our understanding that he died of natural causes, and there’s no sign of foul play,” Miller said.
In March, four unnamed sources told Foreign Policy magazine that the U.S. State Department was planning to deploy as many as 30 to 40 diplomats to the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv to give officials, including Ambassador Bridget Brink, more flexibility to travel around the region.
“There are continued reports of Russian forces and their proxies singling out U.S. citizens in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine for detention, interrogation, or harassment because of their nationality.”
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