US and European countries recalled citizens from Ukraine
Russia has termed America's "epilepsy" amid massive maneuvers in the Black Sea, advice to citizens of all European countries along with the US to leave Ukraine and a reshuffle of the Russian embassy in Ukraine. It has spoken of making the presence of its diplomatic officials "friendly". Given the ongoing tension between Ukraine and Russia, this is being gauged from the reduction in the number of staff. However, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova did not explicitly say anything about this. Zakharova has told that embassies and consulates will continue to do their main work. A Russian spokesman said the move was taken in view of "provocations" from Ukraine and other parties to protect employees. Earlier on Saturday morning, the Russian Navy started large-scale exercises in the Black Sea. Russia's Defense Ministry said on Saturday morning, "30 ships from our Fleet in the Black Sea have gone to Sebastopol and Novorossiysk Sea f...