Tense exchanges between Ukraine and Russia at UN security council

Nations has told the security council that Russian president Vladimir Putin has ‘declared war on Ukraine’.

Russia-Ukraine updates: Russia’s Federation Council receives request from Putin to use forces outside the country

The Federation Council — Russia’s upper house of parliament — has received an appeal from President Vladimir Putin for the use of armed forces outside the country, Russian state news agency RIA-Novosti reported, citing Valentina Matviyenko, chairwoman of the Federation Council.

Ukraine Conflict

The conflict in eastern Ukraine has transitioned to a stalemate after it first erupted in early 2014, but shelling and skirmishes still regularly occur, including an escalation in violence in the spring of 2021.

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