First group of expelled Russian diplomats leaves embassy, heads to US Airport

Buses with diplomats and escort vehicles have left the territory of the Russian Embassy in Washington, D.C., Sputnik reports with a reference to the Rossiya 24 television channel.

The bus with diplomats, who were proclaimed personae non-gratae in the US, has left the embassy building, under the march "Farewell of Slavianka", the same as the diplomats in London some time before.

The second bus with the diplomats will move toward the airport at 3 p.m. local time (19:00 GMT).