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A United Nations Security Council meeting over Kyiv’s move to declare Ukrainian the national language of Ukraine has turned into a war of words between Moscow and the West.

Russia denounced the language law during the July 16 meeting, saying Ukraine’s “struggle for national identity should not violate the rights of the Russian-speaking minority,” while the West used the session to air a series of grievances against Moscow.

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