evidence: The United Nations' Department of Global Communications instructed staff of the international organisation not to refer to the situation in Ukraine as a "war" or "invasion", in a move to balance political sensitivities as powerful member state Russia cracks down domestically on those who use the words. [...] "Use ‘conflict’ or ‘military offensive’ and NOT ‘war’ or ‘invasion’ when referring to the situation in Ukraine." [...] The instruction to staff not to use "invasion" and "war" fuelled concern that the organisation was going too far in a bid to avoid offending Russia, a powerful member state that holds one of the five permanent seats on the UN Security Council.