Ukraine war live updates: Russia accuses Western ambassadors of meddling in its affairs, threatens to expel German journalists

This is CNBC's live blog tracking developments on the war in Ukraine. See below for the latest updates. 

Russia's Foreign Ministry has accused Western ambassadors of meddling in Russia's domestic affairs and warned that it would not hesitate to expel German journalists from the country if Berlin moved to ban Russian reporters.

Tensions between Russia and Germany have risen following the Russian leak last week of an audio recording in which German military officials purportedly discussed weaponry for Ukraine and possible Russian targets, including the Crimean bridge.

Moscow said it proved Western countries had plans to strike Russia and said it had "summoned" Germany's ambassador to explain the recording's content. Berlin said the diplomat had attended a pre-planned meeting.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said Tuesday that Western ambassadors in Moscow were interfering in Russian affairs and questioned their business in Russia. She also said that Russia would expel German journalists working in the country if Berlin decided to "touch" Russian reporters.

Ukraine military intelligence said Tuesday that it used naval drones to attack a Russian ship off the coast of Crimea.

The Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Main Directorate of Intelligence said special unit Group 13 had damaged the Russian Black Sea Fleet patrol ship, the "Sergey Kotov,"near Russian-occupied Crimea.

"The 'Kotov' was damaged by fire in the territorial waters of Ukraine, near the Kerch Strait," the agency said on Telegram in comments translated by NBC. It said the cost of the sunken ship "is about 65 million dollars."

"As a result of the strike by Magura V5 naval drones, the Russian ship of project 22160 "Sergei Kotov" suffered damage to