KIEV (AFP) – Ukraine on Wednesday redoubled its long-shot bid to see Russia stripped of its veto power on the UN Security Council when the global bodys General Assembly meets in the coming weeks.Numerous nations are upset with Russia which, along with fellow veto-wielding council member China, has blocked a series of UN efforts to impose sanctions on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.But Kiev is especially angry at Moscow for shooting down UN attempts to condemn what Kiev views as Russias aggression that led to nearly 8,000 deaths in Ukraines separatist industrial east.Russia portrays Ukraines 17-month crisis as a civil war …read more
Source: Dunya TV
