US promises to put Russia on defensive at UNSC as lawmakers on Capitol Hill say they are nearing agreement on 'the mother of all sanctions' against Moscow
Ukrainian service members fire with M141 Bunker Defeat Munition grenade launchers, supplied by US, at a shooting range in Lviv Region, Ukraine.
"We're going into the room prepared to listen to them, but we're not going to be distracted by their propaganda." Russia's massing of an estimated 100,000 troops near the border with Ukraine has brought increasingly strong warnings from the West that Moscow intends to invade. Ukraine's Foreign Minister, Dmytro Kuleba, countered that on Twitter, saying: "If Russian officials are serious when they say they don’t want a new war, Russia must continue diplomatic engagement and pull back military forces."The United States and European countries say a Russian invasion would trigger heavy sanctions.
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