Russian ambassador interrupts minute’s silence for Ukraine and says ‘all lives are priceless’


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Russia's ambassador to the United Nations has interrupted a minute's silence for Ukraine as members of the Security Council stood up to honour the "victims of aggression" in the war. Ukraine's foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba addressed those gathered in New York before calling for the silence to be observed as a mark of respect for Ukrainians who had died. But as representatives got to their feet, Russia's ambassador Vasily Nebenzya repeatedly tapped his microphone. After being given the floor to make a statement, Mr Nebenzya said: "We are getting up on our feet to remember all victims of what has...