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‘This is not a routine deployment’: US and UK diplomats detail Russian troop buildup at UN Security Council session

‘Imagine how uncomfortable you would be if you had 100,000 troops sitting on your border,’ US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield tells security council members

The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2022

US and Russia spar over Ukraine crisis at UN Security Council

Washington warns of ‘horrific’ war in Ukraine as Moscow accuses US of drumming up threat of Russian invasion.

Al Jazeera · Jan 31, 2022

U.S. and Russia clash over Ukraine at UN Security Council

“If Russia further invades Ukraine, none of us will be able to say we didn’t see it coming," the U.S. ambassador said.

Axios · Jan 31, 2022

Russia, US, Ukraine to square off at UN Security Council

The U.N. Security Council is scheduled to meet Monday for the first time on Russia’s troop buildup and threatening actions against Ukraine at the request of the United States

The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2022

UN Security Council to meet over Ukraine as US Senate readies new sanctions

The UN Security Council is due to meet in public on Monday, at the request of the United States, to discuss Russia’s troop build-up on the border with Ukraine as international diplomacy aimed at easing tensions moves to the world body in New York.

France 24 · Jan 31, 2022

US to pressure Russia at UN Security Council over Ukraine as Moscow says it wants 'respectful' ties

Washington continues to ramp up diplomatic and financial pressure on Russia over Ukraine, as United States politicians say they are nearing agreement on "the mother of all sanctions".

ABC News · Jan 30, 2022

Macron-Putin chat falls short, with UN Security Council to meet over Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin told French leader Emmanuel Macron in a telephone conversation that the US has "failed to take into consideration Russia's security concerns" over the Ukraine crisis.

Radio France Internationale · Jan 28, 2022

UN: Syria Prison Attack Shows Need to Deal With ISIS Detainees

The attack by ISIS militants on a Syrian prison holding around 3,000 of its fighters and about 700 children is a predictable tragedy spotlighting the need for urgent international action to deal with those allegedly linked to the extremist group in prisons and camps in the country’s northeast, the UN…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 28, 2022

US Refers Ukraine Crisis to UN Security Council

The United States said it has called for an open meeting of the UN Security Council next Monday to address the crisis around Ukraine due to what it called "threatening behavior" by Russia. "More than 100,000 Russian troops are deployed on the Ukrainian border and Russia is engaging in other…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 28, 2022

Blinken Says ‘A Few Weeks Left’ for Vienna Talks

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has confirmed that there are only “a few weeks left” for the Iran nuclear talks in Vienna as they near the end of the road. The potential failure of diplomacy will prompt Western countries to return the Iranian nuclear file to the UN Security…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 26, 2022