UN member states condemn Russia's war in Ukraine during General Assembly meeting
Encountering deepening global isolation, Russia faced urgent calls Monday to end its "unprovoked" and "unjustified" assault on Ukraine as the UN General Assembly's 193 members held an extraordinary debate on the invasion of the ex-Soviet state. Ukraine's UN Ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya holds a copy of a screen shot he read from during his address to the emergency session of the United Nations General Assembly, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022 During the rare emergency special session, just the 11th the Assembly has held in its history, Russia defended its decision to invade its neighbour as nation after nation urged peace from the podium. On the sidelines, the United States said it was expelling from the country 12 "intelligence operatives" at Russia's United Nations mission for "engaging in espionage activities that are adverse to our national security." Inside the General Assembly hall, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, plea...