US and Russia exchange threats at UNSC Meeting Over Ukraine Crisis Wednesday March 19,2014

Russia and the United States exchanged threats Wednesday at a tense U.N. Security Council meeting over the Ukraine crisis, with Moscow's envoy warning that the U.S. ambassador's 'insults' are jeopardizing Moscow's willingness to cooperate with Washington on other diplomatic matters.

It was UNSC's 8th meeting in less than three weeks on Ukraine, a show of determination by Western powers to highlight Russia's diplomatic isolation over the Crimean Peninsula — even if the council is powerless to act because of Moscow's veto power as a permanent council member

U.N. Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin said 'It is simply unacceptable to listen to these insults addressed to our country'

At the UNSC, Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin was once again alone in defending his country's actions in Crimea.
He began his speech by celebrating the treaty signed a day earlier by Russian President Vladimir Putin declaring Crimea part of Russia, saying it honored the will of the Crimean people and complied with international law.
'Yesterday, something truly historic happened,' Churkin declared. 'A historic injustice has been righted.'

US Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power says the US rejects 'Russia's military intervention and land grab in Crimea'

U.N. United Kingdom Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant, left, and U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Samantha Power confer during a meeting of the U.N. Security Council on the crisis in the Ukraine, Wednesday March 19, 2014, at United Nations Headquarters.

U.N. Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, left, and U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Samantha Power, second from right, acknowledge each other as they arrive for a U.N. Security Council meeting on the Ukraine, Wednesday March 19, 2014, at United Nations Headquarters.