Cold War Era Clashes at the UN Security Council Over Ukraine

It seems that we are back in the height of the Cold War era with escalating tensions over Russia's designs on Ukraine. The United Nations Security Council became the global public arena in which sharp rhetorical barbs were exchanged, particularly between the United States and Russia. Russia's massing of troops and sophisticated weaponry along its border with Ukraine and in neighboring Belarus precipitated the current crisis. The United States and its Western allies in turn have threatened serious economic consequences if Russia invades Ukraine and have been supplying Ukraine with advanced weapons to repel an attack. NATO member troops are also being deployed to the region.