UNITED NATIONS, United States: Russia called for urgent measures to ease the humanitarian crisis in east Ukraine on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) but was bluntly told by the United States that it bore responsibility for the suffering.

Russia’s appeal at the United Nations Security Council came amid a sharp increase in the number of refugees fleeing fighting in east Ukraine with 58,000 people driven from their homes over the past month alone.

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