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US President Joe Biden urges the UN General Assembly to stop Russia's "naked aggression" in Ukraine, saying otherwise that the independence of all states would be at risk. "We have to stand up to this naked aggression today to deter other would-be aggressors tomorrow," Biden says. SOUNDBITE
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky insists that a special tribunal must be created to hold Russia to account for its "aggression". "When there is a tradition of inevitable punishment of aggression, then there will be a tradition of guaranteed non-repetition of aggression," he tells diplomats and officials at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, which has issued an arrest warrant for Russia's Vladimir Putin over a war crime charge. SOUNDBITE
Metropolitan Pavlo, the director of the Ukrainian capital's historic Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra monastery, appears in court on the charges of inciting religious hatred and denying Russian aggression. Despite the church officially breaking ties with the Russian Patriarchate after the invasion of Ukraine last year, Kyiv believes it is still de facto dependent on Moscow. IMAGES
The United Nations votes overwhelmingly to demand Russia "immediately" and "unconditionally" withdraw its troops from Ukraine, marking the one-year anniversary of the war with a call for a "just and lasting" peace. In the UN General Assembly, 141 members voted in favor of the resolution, which reaffirms support for Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, seven opposed it, and 32 abstained, including China and India. IMAGES
Russia vetoes a United Nations Security Council resolution that would have extended cross-border aid to Syria by one year without Damascus's backing. IMAGES
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