The United Nations denied the information that its employees were forbidden to use the words " This was stated in a letter to The Guardian by UN representative Stephane Dujarric..

He wrote that " He also recalled a recent tweet by United Nations Deputy Secretary General Rosemary DiCarlo in which she wrote that "

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Nearly two weeks on, it is painfully clear that those suffering the most after Russia's invasion of #Ukraine are civilians - killed, wounded, displaced. This war is senseless. We are ready to support all good-faith efforts at negotiation to end the bloodshed.

— Rosemary A. DiCarlo (@DicarloRosemary) March 7, 2022.

“Likewise, the Secretary General used a wide range of words in his statements and remarks to the press to describe what was going on,” Dujarric said..

He also noted that employees " He added that he could not rule out that such a letter could have been sent by “some manager of some part of the UN”, but it was not brought to his attention..

Other UN staff contacted by The Guardian also said they had not received such emails..

Earlier, the Irish Times, citing a letter sent to UN staff by the Department of Communications, reported that the UN had forbidden its staff to call Russia's attack on Ukraine a " Instead, it is proposed to use the words "

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba accused the organization of censorship and urged to immediately refute the information disseminated by the media if it is not true.

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.

— Dmytro Kuleba (@DmytroKuleba) March 8, 2022.

Recall, on February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the start of a “special military operation” for the “demilitarization” and “denazification” of Ukraine, its “cleansing from the Nazis”.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation claims that it is delivering pinpoint strikes on military facilities, but in fact, Russia has unleashed a full-scale war in Ukraine, delivering, in particular, missile strikes on cities, which destroy residential buildings, and infrastructure suffers. Hundreds of civilians have already died, including children. Millions of people are forced to hide in bomb shelters. More than two million people became refugees in neighboring countries. At the same time, the Armed Forces of Ukraine adequately defend our land: Russia has already lost more than 12,000 soldiers and hundreds of military equipment here..