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U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (L) and Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko enjoy a moment during a tour in Kiev, Ukraine, on July 21, 2009. Biden is in the Ukraine for a three-day visit, and said the U.S. supports the former Soviet republic's bid to join NATO. (UPI Photo/Mykhailo Markiv/Pool) 
Published: July 30, 2009 at 2:17 PM

KIEV, Ukraine, July 30 (UPI) -- Russia and Ukraine exchanged expulsions of their diplomats in an apparent dispute over activities of the Russian Black Sea fleet, officials in Kiev said.

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry is analyzing a Russian document on Moscow's decision to expel two Ukrainian diplomats in retaliation for the Kiev government's expulsion of two Russian diplomats, the Ukrinform news agency said Thursday.

Yuriy Kostenko, acting Ukrainian foreign minister, said diplomats must not get involved in internal affairs of a host country, Ukrinform said. The diplomat offered no further details.

Last week, Ukraine expelled a Russian embassy diplomat i Kiev in charge of the Russian Black Sea fleet and the Russian consul in the Black Sea port of Odessa.

On Wednesday, Russia asked the Ukraine consul in St. Petersburg, Russia, and an adviser in the Ukrainian embassy in Moscow to leave Russia.

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