New York - The UN Security Council is to hold an emergency meeting on Thursday on the Ukraine crisis following reports that Russia had sent hundreds of troops to shore up separatists in east Ukraine.
The session requested by Lithuania will be held at 16:00 GMT at UN headquarters in New York, diplomats said.
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