"Russia retaliates after Berlin expels diplomats, latest news on Russia-Ukraine tensions"

Russia has responded in kind to the mass expulsion of its diplomats from Berlin by announcing that it will mirror the expulsion of German diplomats from Russia and significantly limit the maximum number of employees of German diplomatic missions in the country. The move comes as relations between Moscow and Berlin have frayed since Russia sent troops into Ukraine in February 2022 and the West responded with sanctions.