Russia warns Ukraine's president against military action

Russia warns Ukraine's president against military action

NEW YORK, United States - Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin speaks at a press conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on June 3, 2014. He warned Ukraine's President-elect Petro Poroshenko against intensifying military action in eastern Ukraine where pro-Russian forces have been engaged in battles with Ukrainian forces.

U.N. on Syria

U.N. on Syria

NEW YORK, United States - Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin speaks at a press conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 16, 2013. U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon the same day turned in a report to the Security Council in which a team of experts concluded sarin nerve gas had been used on civilians in an attack the previous month in the suburbs of Damascus, Syria.

U.N. Security Council condemns N. Korea's nuclear test

U.N. Security Council condemns N. Korea's nuclear test

NEW YORK, United States - Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin, who serves as president of the U.N. Security Council, speaks to reporters about North Korea's second nuclear test at the U.N. headquarters in New York on May 25 after an emergency meeting of the Security Council.

U.N. Security Council condemns N. Korea's nuclear test

U.N. Security Council condemns N. Korea's nuclear test

NEW YORK, United States - Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin, who serves as president of the U.N. Security Council, speaks to reporters about North Korea's second nuclear test at the U.N. headquarters in New York on May 25 after an emergency meeting of the Security Council. (Kyodo)

Russia's U.N. ambassador dies in N.Y.

Russia's U.N. ambassador dies in N.Y.

Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin, shown in this photo taken in September 2016, died on Feb. 20, 2017, in New York, aged 64, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry. Churkin faced off against Western diplomats over issues such as Ukraine and Syria while he was in office. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo