Russia-Ukraine live: Putin says NATO active in conflict via arms

A Ukrainian marine serviceman prepares to alter place throughout a patrol within the frontline metropolis of Vuhledar, Ukraine [Evgeniy Maloletka/The Associated Press]

• Senior Russian diplomat to the UN accuses Western international locations, with out offering proof, of “cowboy” strategies and “arm twisting” after 141 international locations backed a UN Normal Meeting decision demanding Moscow withdraw its troops from Ukraine.
• Ukraine’s armed forces shall be prepared when spring arrives to launch a counteroffensive in opposition to the Russian forces, mentioned Ukrainian deputy navy intelligence chief Vadym Skibitsky.