NATO closes representative office in Kiev

NATO suspends the work of the Kiev office and evacuates its employees to Brussels and Lviv, the press service of the Alliance informs.

According to a NATO spokesman, the alliance is closely monitoring and assessing the situation and is taking all necessary precautions. "Our employees' safety is a high priority, so the employees have now moved to Lviv and Brussels. Thus, NATO offices are still functioning in Ukraine", the press service told the Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang.