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Renewed Russian claims of biological weapons programme in Ukraine face rebuke at UN Security Council meeting.

Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed Moscow's conflict with Ukraine and its international repercussions with his security council on Friday, the Kremlin said on its website.

The U.N. Security Council on Thursday renewed the world body's assistance mission in Afghanistan for another year, but Russia abstained from the vote over what it called a "stubborn ignorance of the new realities" after the Taliban seized power.

The U.N. Security Council has approved a robust mandate for its political mission in Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover last August

The United States, Britain, France, Albania, Norway and Ireland have requested an emergency UN Security Council meeting Thursday because of the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Ukraine, diplomatic sources said. "Russia is committing war crimes and targeting civilians," the British diplomatic mission to the UN said Wednesday on its Twitter account.

The Security Council votes Thursday on a resolution to secure the United Nations' presence in war-torn Afghanistan into the future -- unless Russia, which has stymied negotiations this week, vetoes the measure. The draft text introduced by Norway reshapes the global body's relations with Kabul to account for last year's…

The U.N. Security Council has scheduled a meeting on Ukraine for Thursday

The U.N. Security Council is due to vote on Friday on a Russian-drafted call for aid access and civilian protection in Ukraine, but diplomats say the measure is set to fail because it does not push for an end to the fighting or withdrawal of Russian troops.

U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan spoke on Wednesday with Nikolay Patrushev, secretary of Russia's Security Council, warning him of the consequences "of any possible Russian decision to use chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine".