White House building in Washington, USAWASHINGTON, Mar 5 The US State Department said that Washington approved the flight of the Russian government to pick up expelled Russian employees from the UN, Reuters reported. Earlier, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that the special flight was heading to Washington from Russia to pick up diplomats. diplomats from the UN who were expelled for abuse of residency privileges,» the agency said in a statement, citing a State Department official. condemned the inaction of the UN in the situation with Ukraine since 2014
