UN refugee agency accused over response to Ukraine war
by Daniel Boffey in Lviv and Shaun Walker in Kyv from World news | The Guardian on (#5XJ5B)
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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