Ukrainian refugee who soaked Russian ambassador in soup ‘getting death threats’

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Iryna Zemlyana threw purple soup on the ambassador as image of the blood spilt in her homeland (Footage: @iryna.zemlyana/Newsflash)

A Ukrainian refugee who threw soup at a Russian ambassador mentioned she has needed to flee for her security for a second time as a result of individuals are threatening her life.

Iryna Zemlyana ran away from her dwelling when Russia began bombing the nation in February. Like nearly all of Ukrainian refugees, Iryna ended up in Poland.

The Russian ambassador to Poland, Sergei Andreev, visited the capital metropolis of Warsaw on Could 9 – when Russia celebrates its defeat of the Nazis within the Second World Struggle with its annual Victory Day vacation.

He was meant to go to a cemetery, the place extra that 21,000 Soviet troopers are buried, however he was met with fierce protesters.

Iryna was one of many demonstrators and he or she made headlines for throwing beetroot borscht at Mr Andreev.

The intense purple soup was imagined to symbolise Ukrainian blood spilt within the Russian invasion of her homeland.

However since then, Iryna mentioned she has been flooded with telephone calls each couple of minutes, her e-mail inbox is totally full with spam and her social media accounts are getting harassed.

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Iryna claims she was positioned on Russia’s “battle criminals” listing with the remainder of the Ukrainian military (Image: @iryna.zemlyana/Newsflash)

Iryna stopped the Russian ambassador to Poland from visiting a WW2 cemetery on Victory Day (Image: @iryna.zemlyana/Newsflash)

She mentioned on Monday: ‘I’m getting hundreds of threatening messages. I've by no means seen such an enormous assault in my life.

‘A number of hours after the pile-on, all my information together with my passport quantity, deal with in Ukraine, phone quantity, e-mail deal with and social media accounts, had been posted on Russian Telegram channels calling for my elimination.

‘I used to be additionally added to the Russian database of “battle criminals” – the place there's a listing of (Ukraine’s) navy (I’m truly honoured to be alongside such heroes).’

She mentioned the messages had been threats to kill, maim and rape her, accompanied by ‘a bunch of pictures.

Iryna finally referred to as the Polish police who decided there was cause to imagine a few of threats had been trigger for real-life concern.

In order that they helped her go away Warsaw and escorted her someplace secure.

‘I by no means thought I must run away twice,’ she mentioned.

Authorities had advisable the Victory Day go to be cancelled but it surely went forward anyway.

Mr Andreyev mentioned he was unhurt, in line with RIA Novosti.

The Russian Overseas Ministry’s spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, claimed the ambush, in addition to different assaults on Soviet-era WWII memorials and cemeteries, got here from ‘supporters of neo-Nazism.’

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