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U.S.-Russia clash at U.N. meeting

Western nations tried pressuring Russia to back off from Ukraine at a U.N. Security Council meeting highlighting the threat of a new Cold War.

U.S., Ukrainian and other European forces training in 2018
U.S., Ukrainian and other European forces training in 2018 (AN/U.S. Army Europe)

UNITED NATIONS (AN) — Western nations tried pressuring Russia to back off from Ukraine on Monday at a United Nations Security Council meeting highlighting the threat of a new Cold War.

The United States called for the 15-nation council's emergency meeting on the Ukraine crisis amid a massive Russian troop buildup around the former Soviet republic's borders and U.S. threats of crippling economic sanctions if Russia were to invade.

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