UNITED NATIONS, Feb 25 (IPS) – As a new political twist to an old saying goes: the dogs bark but the military caravan moves on.
Despite ominous warnings from an overwhelming majority of member states both in the General Assembly and the Security Council— against a military attack on Ukraine —Russian President Vladimir Putin stood defiant when he ordered a full-scale invasion of a sovereign territory.
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