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Red Cross pauses Ukraine operations for security reasons

Many Red Cross aid workers are under a constant barrage of bombs and are unable to continue their work in Ukraine

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The International Committee of the Red Cross has temporarily halted its work in Ukraine for security reasons, a spokesperson told Reuters on Monday, after Russia fired missiles at cities across Ukraine.

"For security reasons, our teams have paused operations today," a spokesperson said in an emailed response to a Reuters question.

The Norwegian Refugee Council also said that it had halted its aid operations there until it is safe to resume.

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    Dirty mattresses are seen on a cement floor of a factory room where Russian troops held Red Cross volunteers Volodymyr Khropun and Yulia Ivannikova-Katsemon together with dozens of other locals in the village of Dymer, Ukraine. (REUTERS/Alessandra Prentice)

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    People walk past a crater from an explosion that hit an area near the Ukrainian Red Cross Society during a Russian attack yesterday in Sloviansk, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

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"We cannot aid vulnerable communities when our aid workers are hiding from barrage of bombs, and in fear of repeated attacks," said Jan Egeland, Secretary General of the NRC.