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What's happening in Ukraine on Friday: The United Nations Security Council has unanimously adopted its first statement since Russia's military action began Feb. 24, expressing 'strong support' for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' efforts to find a peaceful solution to the 'dispute' in Ukraine.
China and Russia opposed this wording, according to diplomats. United Nations, United States: The UN Security Council on Thursday voiced "deep concern" over the military's coup in Myanmar, and called in a draft statement for the "release of all detainees" including Aung San Suu Kyi. But the statement, written by the United Kingdom, no longer condemned the putsch as envisaged in a first draft during an emergency meeting on Tuesday. Diplomats said veto-wielding China and Russia, Myanmar's main supporters at the UN, had asked for more time to finesse the council's response. The later statement ...