International
February 22, 2022

The UN is committed to staying with about 1,500 staff, some 100 of them in the country’s conflict-hit east where Russia has recognised the two breakaway rebel regions as independent states.
According to the reports, Stephane Dujarric, the chief spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said “As a result of the evolving situation on the ground, we’ve allowed for temporary relocation of some nonessential staff and some dependents. At the same time, we have more staff coming in … to support our operations. We are continuing to be committed to staying and delivering in Ukraine, especially in Eastern Ukraine. Our operations continue to be fully operational.”
The President ordered Russian troops to perform so-called “peacekeeping functions” in the two regions which are home to Moscow-backed rebels who have been fighting Ukrainian forces since 2014. Putin’s move, which have effectively ended peace talks in the Donbas region and deepened the ongoing crisis, has been widely criticised. Currently, Ukraine is being surrounded by more than 150,000 Russian troops on its borders.
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