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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky calls for a special tribunal "to punish Russia for the crime of aggression" against Ukraine, during an address delivered via video to the annual United Nations summit. SOUNDBITE
The United States will announce "sweeping" new sanctions against Russia a year after President Vladimir Putin ordered the ongoing invasion of Ukraine, the White House says. "The United States will implement sweeping sanctions against key sectors that generate revenue for Putin," Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre tells reporters on the eve of the anniversary of the war's start. SOUNDBITE
French President Emmanuel Macron calls for Paris and Beijing to unite against the war in Ukraine as he begins a meeting with China's leader Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Bali. SOUNDBITE
French President Emmanuel Macron urges the international community that "there can be no weakness, no spirit of compromise" facing Russia in a video address to participants in the Crimea Platform conference in Kyiv. "It's a matter of our freedom, for everyone, and of peace everywhere around the world," Macron added. SOUNDBITE
During a press conference in Moscow with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls for a probe into "possible war crimes" in Ukraine and urges Russia and Ukraine to work with UN on humanitarian corridors. SOUNDBITE
The UN General Assembly adopts a new non-binding resolution that demands an "immediate" halt to Russia's war in Ukraine. In a vote at UN headquarters in New York, 140 countries voted in favor, 38 abstained and five voted against the measure. IMAGES