United Nations, August 29 (RHC)-- The United Nations says it is unable to confirm whether the Russian forces are inside Ukraine's troubled southeastern region. A spokesman for UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday that the world body was unable to verify reports that hundreds of Russian troops had crossed into Ukraine to shore up pro-Moscow militias in the region.
Meanwhile, the UN Security Council has met to discuss what Ukraine and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) describe as "the Russian invasion" of eastern Ukraine. The emergency session was called by Ukraine and Lithuania.
