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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."
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An Ukrainian serviceman adjusts the strap of his weapon in a trench at a frontline position in the Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, today.
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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Russia's UN Ambassador Vasily Nebenzya addresses the United Nations Security Council today.
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Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, addresses the United Nations Security Council today.
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China's U.N. Ambassador Zhang Jun addresses the United Nations Security Council today.
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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.
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Pentagon spokesman John Kirby speaks at a briefing at the Pentagon in Washington today.

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