Belarus has withdrawn all of its diplomats from Ukraine. When Ambassador Ihar Sokol was leaving for Moldova on March 18, a Ukrainian border officer tried to hand him "30 pieces of silver" -- a reference to the biblical story of the betrayal of Jesus by Judas.
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