Kuleba calls on UN to refute reports on banning words ‘war’ and ‘invasion’ among its staff

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba calls on the UN to refute reports that its staff has banned the use of the words "war" and "invasion" in relation to Russia's aggression against Ukraine.

Kuleba wrote this on Twitter, Ukrinform reports.

“It’s hard to believe that the UN could essentially impose the same kind of censorship as the Kremlin imposes inside Russia now by banning the use of words ‘war’ and ‘invasion’ among UN staff. I urge the UN to swiftly refute such reports if they are false. UN reputation at stake,” he wrote.

As reported, the Irish Times informed, referring to an email to United Nations staff, that the UN banned its staff from referring to the situation in Ukraine as a “war” or “invasion”, in a move to balance political sensitivities as powerful member state Russia cracks down domestically on those who use the words.

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