Just now my Russian counterpart made assertions without evidence to demonstrate their efforts to create a pretext for conflict. And it is alarming. It is revealing. And it is shameful. Every U.N. member state has a stake in what comes next.
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Linda Thomas-Greenfield criticized Russia's actions and emphasized the importance of international unity in response.
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