The #UN🇺🇳 General Assembly voted Thursday to suspend #Russia🇷🇺 from its leading #humanrights body over allegations that Russian soldiers in #Ukraine🇺🇦 engaged in rights violations.
It was a rare rebuke against a member of the UN Security Council. @ClaireARush reports⤵️
@ClaireARush@smougin "The #Russians🇷🇺 have moved their troops from northwest and west of #Kyiv to Belarus. The idea is to then redeploy them to #Ukraine's🇺🇦 #Donbas region, where it’s expected 🇷🇺 will launch its heaviest assault yet."
🔴 US President Joe Biden holds a speech in Poland on the same day the Russian President held an anti-West speech, blaming the US for escalating the #warinUkraine.
Biden speaks alongside the Polish President Andrzej Duda.
🔴 "#Russia thought #Ukraine would fall in 72 hours but thanks to the heroic behaviour of the Ukrainian people and the support of the free world, the imperialistic ambitions of Russia were not fulfilled,' says Polish President Andrzej Duda.
"Ukraine must win this war" ⤵️
🔴 President Andrzej Duda thanks all the Polish people that have taken in Ukrainian refugees since the war.
Duda says it is a "proof of solidarity' for the Ukrainian people ⤵️
🇺🇦 Ahead of the anniversary of the full-scale invasion of #Ukraine by #Russia on February 24, we are preparing even more special coverage and analyses of the #war.
🇺🇦🎓 Since #Russia began its #invasion of #Ukraine, thousands of Ukrainian refugees have enrolled in the French school system. As they adapt to their new daily routine, their teachers look back at their integration.
#LIVE 🔴🇺🇸 US President #JoeBiden praises the Ukrainian people for their effort and courage since Russia's full-scale invasion of their country almost one year ago.
🇺🇦 "Unchecked aggression is a threat to all of us," says Biden ⤵️
#LIVE 🔴🇺🇸 "We know there will be difficult days, weeks and years ahead," says #JoeBiden in Kyiv.
🇺🇦 "Russia's aim was to wipe #Ukraine off the map. But Putin's war conquest is failing" ⤵️
#LIVE 🔴🇺🇦🇺🇸 "Putin thought that #Ukraine was weak, and the West was divided. He was plain wrong. One year later, the evidence is right here in this room," says #JoeBiden in Kyiv ⤵️
#LIVE 🔴🇺🇦 Ukrainian President #VolodymyrZelensky says he hopes that 2023 will become a "year of victory" for #Ukraine during a joint press conference with US President #JoeBiden in Kyiv.
Watch his speech here ⤵️
#LIVE 🔴🇺🇦 "Today, our negotiations (with the US) were very fruitful,” says Ukrainian President #Zelensky, as he thanks the US for their support for Ukraine's war effort.
🇺🇸 "The results of this visit will surely be seen on the battlefield in liberating our territories" ⤵️