Russia, US to square off at UN Security Council over Ukraine


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Russia, US to square off at UN Security Council over Ukraine The United States and Russia are squaring off at the UN Security Council over Ukraine, with Washington calling Moscow’s actions a threat to international peace and security, while a Kremlin envoy ridiculed Monday’s meeting as a “PR stunt.” The session kicks off more high-level diplomacy this week, although talks between the US and Russia have so far failed to ease tensions in the crisis. Russia has massed an estimated 100,000 troops near Ukraine’s borders, stoking fears in the West of an invasion. Russia denies it intends to launch an...