CNN: Haley calls on Russia to withdraw from Ukraine

By CNN.

Published May 30, 2018 at 9:12 am

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 10: (L to R) British Ambassador to the United Nations Karen Pierce looks on as United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks after the third draft resolution to create a new inquiry to find blame for the chemical weapons attack last week in Douma, Syria failed during a United Nations Security Council meeting regarding the situation in Syria, April 10, 2018 in New York City. On Tuesday, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons announced their inspectors will travel to the rebel-held town of Douma, Syria to investigate reports of a chemical weapons attack that killed as a many as 60 people and injured hundreds. Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP

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US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on May 29 called on Russia to withdraw from Ukraine and acknowledge its alleged role in the 2014 downing of a commercial plane, following a recent flare-up of violence in the conflict.

“We condemn, in the strongest terms, Russia’s involvement in eastern Ukraine and its purported annexation of Crimea,” said Haley, promising US sanctions will remain in place until Russia withdraws from the long-simmering conflict, which she called “a textbook example of the direct violation of the sovereignty of one (UN) member state by another member state.”