Obama and UN security council call emergency meetingsA dangerous escalation, UN spokesperson says Russia denies any of its troops are in eastern UkraineRussia has to stop lying, US ambassador says 3.06pm ETChurkin continues:Everybody knows that there are Russian volunteers in eastern Ukraine. Nobody is hiding that. 3.04pm ETVitaly Churkin, the Russian Federation ambassador to the UN, is speaking at the emergency security council meeting. He says that tensions in Ukraine stem from what he calls Kievs war on its own people. 2.58pm ETAn emergency meeting of the the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) was also due to …read more
Source: The Guardian