New York (AFP) – The Russian Consulate in New York was vandalized with red spray paint early Friday, in an apparent protest as President Vladimir Putin pursues his bloody invasion of Ukraine. Officers said they responded to an emergency call just after 1:30 am that reported paint sprayed across the facade of the consulate on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. A police spokeperson said the investigation is ongoing into the potential “bias incident” and no arrests have been made. The bright red paint appeared hours before Putin announced he was annexing four parts of Ukraine occupied by his army. Shel…