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U.S. and Russia share tense exchange at U.N. Security Council meeting

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield speaks at a United Nations Security Council meeting to discuss the situation between Russia and Ukraine on Monday.

At Monday's U.N. Security Council meeting, the U.S. hoped to get an explanation from Russia on what exactly it was doing regarding Ukraine. But instead, the meeting was full of tense exchanges between the countries.

It ultimately ended the same way it started – with a political impasse between the two powers.

"We didn't hear much. They didn't give us the answers

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