The statements of Milorad Dodik and his decision to declare the Ambassador of Ukraine persona non grata in the Republika Srpska are legally null and void. This was stated by the speaker of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Oleg Nikolenko.

“Milorad Dodik does not have the authority to make such decisions, and his statement should be viewed solely as an absurd attempt to justify his populist decisions to please the Kremlin,” the speaker explained..

He added that Ukraine does not have an ambassador in the so-called Republika Srpska.. Vasily Kirilich is accredited as Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina with residence in Zagreb.

In accordance with the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, powers in the field of foreign policy are in the exclusive competence of the Presidency of the country.

As reported, Milorad Dodik awarded Russian President Vladimir Putin in absentia with the highest distinction of the Republika Srpska - the Order of the Republika Srpska "

The decision has been criticized in the EU.. And the Ukrainian ambassador to Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, Vasily Kirilich, called this act "