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Samantha Power and Vitaly Churkin Clash at UN Over Syria
U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power and Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin engaged in a heated exchange at the UN following the coalition airstrike on Syrian troops. Power dismissed the Russian call for a meeting as a "stunt," while Churkin accused the U.S. of heavy-handedness and potentially supporting ISIS.
Samantha Power vs. Vitaly Churkin, UN Exchange
U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power and Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin engage in a heated exchange at the UN. Power accuses Russia of outright lying, while Churkin retorts by telling Washington to stop interfering in the internal affairs of sovereign states and to restrain its own geopolitical ambitions.
UN Security Council, Russian Legal Justification
The Russian ambassador to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, argued that the deployment of troops in Crimea was a "peace mission" requested by the regional leadership to protect Russian citizens following the "illegal" removal of President Yanukovych. The legal distinction made was that force was being used "on the territory of Ukraine" rather than "against Ukraine." The hosts mock the difficulty of diplomatic translations in these high-stakes debates.
