Lavrov's UN Meeting Draws Criticism from West over Ukraine and Peace Remarks

The United Nations chief and Western nations criticized Russia's foreign minister for violating the UN Charter by attacking Ukraine and occupying its territory. The UN secretary-general warned that global collaboration is under the greatest strain since the creation of the United Nations in 1945. Russia convened the ministerial meeting on making "multilateralism" more effective through the defense of the UN Charter, calling it the high point of its month-long presidency of the Security Council. Lavrov defended Russia's military action and accused the US and its allies of undercutting global diplomacy.