US ambassador to UN says Russia is moving banned weaponry into Ukraine

CNN is reporting that the US ambassador to the UN told the General Assembly that Russia planned to use banned weapons.

US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said they have seen videos of Russian forces moving exceptionally lethal weaponry into Ukraine, which has no place on the battlefield. That includes cluster munitions and vacuum bombs – which are banned under the Geneva Convention. She said have seen the 40-mile-long lethal convoy charging toward Kyiv.

The Ambassador said Russian President Putin continues to escalate – putting Russia’s nuclear forces on high alert, threatening to invade Finland and Sweden. She said at every step of the way, Russia has betrayed the United Nations.

[Source : stuff.co.nz]