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  In case of military tensions, there are separate military channels for sides to communicate. Ambassadors have zero to do with that.
  Besides that, expulsion of ambassador doesn't mean breaking diplomatic relations. Looks like you confused this two terms.
context: And Iran while we are at it. >
  
  They don't respect embassies anyway. >
  
  That's how you guarantee WWIII. >
  
  No kidding. I don't know much about the Lithuanian FM but if this is a suggestion, then he's a massive idiot. Most Embassies and Ambassadors are generally there to promote propaganda of their country of origin as well as to strengthen ties. Russia towing their government's propaganda isn't unusual even a little bit. To ban a major line of communication with a nuclear power is monumentally stupid and ensures that the war will not be coming to an end anytime soon. >
  
  
  “In many cases, there is little use in having an ambassador, a Russian ambassador, in any European capital. Because as we have seen, in most cases it’s no longer a diplomatic institution, it’s an institution of propaganda, covering up crimes of war and in general promoting a genocidal agenda,” Landsbergis told reporters at a joint press conference with his Baltic and Polish counterparts in Riga on Tuesday.
  
  Well he's sure right about that part. >
  
  I feel like this is the one thing we should definitely not do.
  Firstly, we need the direct line of communication to minimise the risk of escalation.
  Secondly, there could be people in Russia with some connection to our respective countries that would benefit from our embassies continuing to operate within Russia, which they almost surely would not if we close down their embassies in our countries.
  As such, there's little to gain, but a lot to lose, from closing down Russian embassies. >
  
  Also, I know this is Reddit so I don't expect much knowledge about politics, but expelling ambassadors in this manner would be a severe escalation and would genuinely put us just one step away from a global all-out war. Remember that most NATO countries already cut economic ties with Russia, after you cut political relations in this manner you're pretty much declaring war on the other country. >
  
  Throw out all but a single person as a line of communication.
  Start standing up forces on the Polish, Lithuanian, Latvian, Estonian, Finnish and Norwegian borders.
  These people aren't going to back down and they are using the threat of brinksmanship (not actual brinksmanship) to keep us from bringing them to heel. It's time to show some courage and to risk something to stop something that is to me, even worse - a world where rogue billionaires who control nations engage in completely unchecked aggression. >
  
  It’s a fine notion- except nothing Putin does is equilateral. Massing troops at the border only means war. 
  Not to mention that would cause a lot of disruption to troops being sent to the border and disrupt economies. And expensive as hell to have forces in deployment. >
  
  The hand-wringing is getting deafening. >
  
  I am very pro Ukrainian, but I disagree with expelling russian diplomats if we can possibly help it as we need a form of communication. >
  
  Realistically it will always be possible to still establish contact in truly urgent situations through intermediaries like Switzerland.
  In practice it would still undermine attempts at de-escalation from European powers though. Expelling ambassadors is a very committing move. The benefit is that you're kicking out a lot of spies.