More than 300 State Department personnel have pressed the department’s leadership to do more to aid locally hired Ukrainian embassy staff who remain in Ukraine and face bombardment and invasion by Russian troops
Nearly 400 State Department personnel have pressed the department’s leadership to do more to aid locally hired Ukrainian embassy staff who were left behindIn an emailed letter reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, the foreign service officers and other staff criticized the department’s “lack of responsiveness” to requests for help from their Ukrainian colleagues.
“Our Ukrainian colleagues deserve better,” the letter dated Feb. 24 said. “Now is the time they most need our help. We are concerned their needs have not been prioritized.”
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