The Ukrainians also face a ban on travel to Russia in the next five years.
Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has expelled an employee of the Belarussian Embassy in Kyiv after Ukrainian diplomat Ihor Skvortsov was declared persona non grata in Belarus, according to press secretary of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Mariana Betsa.
U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is "very thankful" to Russian President Vladimir Putin for expelling hundreds of U.S. diplomats from Russia, because he said it helps him cut the U.S. government's payroll, according to The Washington Post.