February 3, 2017 (CNN) The US ambassador to the
United Nations offered a strong condemnation of Russia in her first appearance
at the UN Security Council on Thursday, calling on Moscow to de-escalate
violence in eastern Ukraine and saying that US sanctions against Moscow would
remain in place until it withdraws from Crimea. "The United States
continues to condemn and call for an immediate end to the Russian occupation of
Crimea," said Nikki Haley, President Donald Trump's envoy to the world
body. "Crimea is a part of Ukraine. Our Crimea-related sanctions
will remain in place until Russia returns control over the peninsula to
Ukraine."
Haley was speaking at an
emergency UN meeting about a sudden upsurge in violence in eastern Ukraine,
where Russian-backed separatists have been fighting the Ukrainian army. Her
remarks were notable for the stark difference between her rhetoric and Trump's.
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