Large “blood” red stains appeared today covering the Russian consulate located on the Upper East Side of New York, in an apparent spray paint attack during the early morning.
A passerby called 1200 around 1: 30 am to report that the facade of the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in New York on East 91st Street near Madison Avenue had been damaged by vandalism, authorities said.
The attackers covered the front of the white stone building, as well as the entrance door and the awning. NYPD is reviewing the incident as a possible “bias attack.”
At the moment the New York police are not aware of any group that claims responsibility for the act or left messages in the area. There has also been no information that the security cameras have captured a suspect or how many people participated in the event.
The building, built in the early 20th century and also known as “John Henry Hammond House ” in reference to its builder, it was designated part of the Carnegie Hill Neighborhood Historic District at 1974. The then Soviet Union bought the house the following year, detailed New York Post.
The vandalism occurs when Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the annexation of four Ukrainian provinces seven months after invading that country, which led the Joe Biden government to hit the Kremlin with a new round of sanctions on Friday.
The sanctions sought to impose “rapid and severe costs” on Moscow for its “fraudulent and illegal annexation” of Ukrainian territory, the White House said. The war between Russia and Ukraine is estimated to have resulted in thousands of deaths and millions of refugees, according to a recent summary by The New York Times.
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