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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Julian Borger in Washington

Moment that Putin thundered to war, drowning out last entreaties for peace

It will go down as one of the most surreal sessions the United Nations chamber has ever witnessed, as the very war it was supposed to prevent broke out while it was sitting.

Vladimir Putin, with brutal timing, delivered a speech announcing that Russia would start a “special military operation” in Ukraine – while an emergency session of the UN security council was under way.

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