Tensions remain high as Russia threatens to invade Ukraine
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Ukrainian servicemen stand in a trench at a frontline position in the Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine today. The United States and Russia are squaring off at the U.N. Security Council over Ukraine, with Washington calling Moscow's actions a threat to international peace and security, while a Kremlin envoy ridiculed Monday's meeting as a "PR stunt."ASSOCIATED PRESS
An Ukrainian serviceman adjusts the strap of his weapon in a trench at a frontline position in the Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, today.ASSOCIATED PRESS
An Ukrainian serviceman observes pro Russian separatists' positions through a periscope from a trench at a frontline position in the Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, today.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Medical staff carry a 69 year-old man who was shot while fishing, wearing a camouflage outfit, in the vicinity of the front lines in Svitlodarsk in the Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, today. Talks to stave off the threat of war in Eastern Europe are moving to the United Nations Security Council. But Russia, a veto-wielding member of the Security Council, has already dismissed the meeting Monday as a “PR stunt.”ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ukrainian police and military wait in the hallway of a hospital where a 69 year-old man who was shot while fishing, wearing a camouflage outfit, in the vicinity of the front lines, was receiving medical care in Svitlodarsk in the Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, today.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Russia's UN Ambassador Vasily Nebenzya addresses the United Nations Security Council today.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, addresses the United Nations Security Council today.ASSOCIATED PRESS
China's U.N. Ambassador Zhang Jun addresses the United Nations Security Council today.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ukraine's United Nations Ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya, center, fist-bumps U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, left, after a Security Council meeting at U.N. headquarters today. At left is United Arab Emirates Ambassador Lana Zaki Nusseibeh.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby speaks at a briefing at the Pentagon in Washington today.