United Nations, March 17 (UNI/Sputnik) Six countries – including the United Kingdom, France, and the United States – have requested a meeting of the UN Security Council on the situation in Ukraine, the UK permanent mission to the UN said. “The UK and [Albania, France, Ireland, Norway and the United States] have called for a Security Council meeting on #Ukraine. Russia is committing war crimes and targeting civilians. Russia’s illegal war on Ukraine is a threat to us all,” the mission said on its Twitter page. A source in the UN Security Council said that the meeting could take place on late Thursday. The source added that the meeting would focus on the humanitarian problems faced by Ukraine.
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