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Added on the 22/02/2022 04:44:19 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Police gather in Moscow as a rally to protest against Russian military action in Ukraine is expected to start. They patrol and can be seen arresting two people, carrying them away towards parked police vans. IMAGES
Russia's ambassador to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya, announces during a press conference that 12 members of Russia's UN mission have been expelled from US, after receiving a phone call in front of journalists. SOUNDBITE
US ambassador John Sullivan leaves the Russian Foreign Ministry in Moscow, after meeting with Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko, and handing Washington's response to Moscow's security demands, according to Grushko. "The head of the American diplomatic mission handed over a written response of the US administration to the draft bilateral treaty on security guarantees," the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement following Sullivan's meeting with Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko. IMAGES
The United States is aware of Russia's announcement that it will withdraw troops from its border with Ukraine and now awaits Moscow to actually do so, US State Department spokesperson Ned Price says. "We've heard words," Price says during a news briefing in Washington. "I think what we'll be looking for is action." SOUNDBITE
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says that Russia has massed over 150,000 troops along the Ukrainian border and in the annexed Crimea peninsula. SOUNDBITE
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.