US President Joe Biden says that Russia's President Vladimir Putin has failed to divide the West with his war on Ukraine.
"Nato has never, never been more united than it is today. Putin is getting exactly the opposite of what he intended to have as a consequence of going into Ukraine," he says after a Nato summit in Brussels.
Addressing Nato's summit by video link, he says the alliance can prevent Ukrainian deaths "by giving us all the weapons we need".BIDEN TO VISIT POLISH TOWN NEAR UKRAINE BORDER The governor of the Lugansk region says phosphorus bombs were used in one village hit in overnight strikes on eastern Ukraine that killed at least four people, including two children.
In a vote at UN headquarters in New York, 140 countries vote in favour, 38 abstain and five vote against the measure.Russia accuses NATO member Poland, which neighbours Ukraine, of embarking on a "dangerous escalation" in tensions between Moscow and the West after Warsaw expelled 45 Russian diplomats for alleged espionage.
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