UN refugee agency accused of being ‘impotent’ in response to Ukraine war

Major humanitarian bodies appeared ‘disoriented’ by Russian invasion, says Ukraine’s deputy PM

Leading Ukrainian politicians have accused the UN’s refugee agency of being unprepared for the war and withdrawing staff from hotspots while the International Committee of the Red Cross was said to be “impotent” in protecting refugees.

Iryna Vereshchuk, Ukraine’s deputy prime minister, said the major humanitarian organisations had appeared “disoriented” by the conflict. The mayor of Lviv, Andriy Sadovyi, claimed they had initially just watched “with concern over wine and coffee”.

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Source: The Guardian