Russia, U.S. trade barbs at UN; Ukraine holds 'strategic' positions in Bakhmut

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : Russia's Lavrov and U.S. Ambassador to the UN trade barbs during Security Council meetingRussian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield traded barbs before a meeting of the international body's Security Council.
53% : China says it respects sovereignty of ex-Soviet states, after EU uproar over Ukraine commentChina respects the status of former Soviet member states as sovereign nations, its foreign ministry said on Monday, after comments by its envoy to Paris triggered an uproar among European capitals.
53% :Ukraine war spurs record global spending on military, Stockholm think tank saysGlobal military spending rose to a record last year as Russia's war in Ukraine drove the biggest annual increase in expenditure in Europe since the end of the Cold War three decades ago, a leading conflict and armaments think tank said on Monday.
52% : "Our hypocritical convenor today, Russia, invaded its neighbor Ukraine and struck at the heart of the U.N. Charter," U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said, referring to the U.N.'s founding document that vows to preserve sovereignty, peace, justice and the prevention of war.
50% :European military spending shot up 13% last year, primarily due to increases by Russia and Ukraine, but with many countries across the continent also ramping up military budgets and planning for more amid the surging tensions.
40% : The United Nations Security Council meeting kicked off with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield trading jabs.
40% : He was held for a year and a half at Lefortovo Prison, where journalist Evan Gershkovich is currently being held on the same charges," she told reporters at the United Nations.
38% : The Black Sea Grain Initiative, a deal brokered in July between Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the United Nations, eased Russia's naval blockade and reopened three key Ukrainian ports.
34% : Finland Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto said on Monday that there was a risk that Russia's Wagner group could benefit from the current crisis in Sudan and that the European Union should do more regarding the situation in Sudan.
32% : Russia's Lavrov receives blistering criticism for the Kremlin's war in Ukraine at UNThe United States and Western allies took turns slamming Russia for its ongoing war in Ukraine and accused Moscow of trampling over the U.N. Charter, during a lengthy Security Council meeting chaired by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
31% : A report commissioned by the United Nations last month found that Russian forces in Ukraine committed an array of war crimes, including summary executions, torture, rape and other acts of sexual violence against Ukrainian civilians.

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