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U.N. aid chief says more than $1 billion needed for Ukraine

FILE PHOTO: Martin Griffiths U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator attends the launch of 2022 humanitarian response plans for Afghanistan and the region in Geneva, Switzerland January 10, 2022. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths said on Friday that more than $1 billion will be needed for aid operations in Ukraine over the next three months as hundreds of thousands of people are on the move after Russia invaded its neighbor.

"We're going to need to use cash for the delivery of assistance, and we're going to need to use that cash safely. We're looking obviously at the impact of sanctions on our operations," he told reporters.

(Reporting by Michelle Nichols and Doina Chiacu; Editing by Sandra Maler)

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