UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and Russia have squared off n the U.N. Security Council, where Moscow lost an attempt to block a public meeting on Moscow’s troop buildup near Ukraine and Western fears of an invasion. U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield dismissed a charge by Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia that Washington was trying “to whip up hysterics” by calling the first Security Council meeting on the crisis. Thomas-Greenfield said: “Imagine how uncomfortable you would be if you had 100,000 troops on your border.” The vote on holding an open meeting passed 10-2, with Russia and China opposed, and three abstentions. Russia denies it intends to launch an attack.
Russia, US square off at UN Security Council over Ukraine
