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Sweden joining NATO shows Russian President Vladimir Putin "failed" in his Ukrainian war strategy of weakening the alliance, its chief Jens Stoltenberg says. The Kremlin's invasion not only prompted formerly non-aligned nations Sweden and Finland to come under NATO's defence umbrella, but now "Ukraine is closer to NATO membership than ever before," Stoltenberg adds. SOUNDBITE
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres shakes hands with Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov for a photo op ahead of a closed-door meeting. Lavrov is at the helm of the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council in April. Guterres denounced the "devastation" caused by Moscow's invasion of Ukraine during a Security Council meeting chaired by Lavrov. IMAGES
Washington's United Nations ambassador makes a direct plea to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to release a detained US journalist and a former US Marine. "I am calling on you, right now, to release Paul Whelan and Evan Gershkovich immediately, to let Paul and Evan come home," Linda Thomas-Greenfield tells Lavrov as the Russian foreign minister chairs a UN Security Council meeting in New York. SOUNDBITE
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says "the United Nations-centered system is enduring a profound crisis" as he presides over a Security Council meeting in New York amid Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. IMAGES
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres denounces the "devastation" caused by Moscow's invasion of Ukraine during a Security Council meeting chaired by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, saying that the Russian invasion is a violation of international law and is "causing massive suffering" to the Ukrainian people. SOUNDBITE
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrives at the G20 foreign ministers' meeting in New Delhi, greeted by his Indian counterpart S. Jaishankar. IMAGES
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