Sputnik comes live from New York, where the UN General Assembly is holding a discussion on "the situation in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine" after Russia recognised the republics of Donbass.
Ukraine has waged an eight-year war against the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics which proclaimed their independence after a violent coup d'etat in Kiev in 2014. The conflict has claimed more than 14,000 lives and displaced up to 2 million.
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