Bangladesh is still monitoring the situation in Ukraine as the Russian military campaign rolls into the fifth day.
“We are observing the situation,” Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam said on Monday.
Speaking to the media after the weekly cabinet meeting, he said that the prime minister has instructed foreign ministry and others to “observe the situation for a day or two.”
The ambassadors in Poland and Romania are constantly updating Dhaka on the Bangladeshi citizens, according to Islam.
Ukraine, which became an independent country in 1991 after the fall of Soviet Union, wants to join the Nato, which Russia disapproves. However, the US and its allies were backing Ukraine amid tensions rising over the past three months.
On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized airstrikes across Ukraine and ordered his troops to advance into the country after recognizing Donetsk and Luhansk regions, held by Russia backed separatists, as independent state.
Following the military campaign, the US and its allies have imposed several sanctions on Russia.