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UN Security Council convenes emergency session to discuss Ukraine
The UN Security Council has opened an emergency meeting in response to rising tensions in eastern Ukraine, after pro-Russian militia seized government buildings there.
Russia's ambassador to the U.N. Vitaly Churkin has insisted that any unrest in Ukraine has originated from within its own populace.
Churkin has appealed to the council to use its influence with Ukraine to stop the launch of an anti-terrorist operation.
"Let us focus our attention on what we can actually do in this case. And I'm looking here at my western colleagues. Let us ensure that we do not allow the reckless actions of the Ukrainian authorities that right now are enshrined in the criminal decree of Mr. Turchinov. And let us stop that decree from being implemented. That is going to have extremely significant consequences, first and foremost for the people of Ukraine, and that needs to be avoided."
But Ukraine, along with several western nations including the United States, United Kingdom and France, has blamed Russia for fomenting unrest in eastern Ukraine.
The Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.N., Yuriy Sergeyev has criticized his Russian counterpart and claims that Ukraine is on the receiving end of a large scale terrorist operation orchestrated by the Russian Federation in sub-regions of eastern part of Ukraine.
"It constitutes a serious threat, not only to the security of the people of Ukraine but to international peace and stability as a whole. We consider it to be the duty of this Council to find a proper peaceful solution of this crisis."
The authorities in Kiev earlier announced the launch of a "full-scale" offensive against pro-Russian protesters in the country's east.
However pro-Russian protesters continue to occupy the regional administration building in Donetsk despite the passing of a deadline for them to disarm.
There's no immediate comment from Kiev on the deadline passing.
Clashes with pro-Russian gunmen on the outskirts of Sloviansk on Sunday left at least one Ukrainian officer dead.
Wang Min, China's deputy permanent representative to the U.N says China hopes the relevant parties adopt a calm and restrained attitude in an effort to prevent the situation from getting worse.
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