BRSSEL (dpa-AFX) – In view of the escalating situation in the Ukraine conflict, NATO has now also withdrawn employees from its representation in Kiev. “The safety of our staff is of the utmost importance, which is why employees have been relocated to Lviv and Brussels,” said a spokeswoman in Brussels on Saturday. However, the Alliance’s offices in Ukraine remained operational.
NATO initially did not provide any information on the number of employees who had been relocated. The alliance has a diplomatic mission in Kiev which, with several dozen employees, was until recently the largest in a non-member country. In addition, NATO operates an information and documentation center in the Ukrainian capital. The USA had previously relocated personnel to Lviv in western Ukraine./aha/DP/stk