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Live updates: US to expel 12 Russian diplomats from UN

Vasily Nebenzya, Russian ambassador to the United Nations, talks to reporters at United Nations headquarters, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) Vasily Nebenzya, Russian ambassador to the United Nations, speaks during a meeting of the security council, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022, at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) Vasily Nebenzya, Russian ambassador to the United Nations, talks to reporters at United Nations headquarters, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) Sergiy Kyslytsya, permanent representative of Ukraine to the United Nations, bottom right, moves to take his seat during a meeting of the security council, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022, at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) Vasily Nebenzya, Russian ambassador to the United Nations, arrives to a media briefing at United Nations headquarters, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) Vasily Nebenzya, Russian ambassador to the United Nations, talks to reporters at United Nations headquarters, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) FILE - FIFA President Gianni Infantino, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin pose for cameras at the FIFA congress on the eve of the opener of the 2018 soccer World Cup in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, June 13, 2018. In a sweeping move to isolate and condemn Russia after invading Ukraine, the International Olympic Committee urged sports bodies on Monday to exclude the country's athletes and officials from international events. The decision opened the way for FIFA, the governing body of soccer, to exclude Russia from a World Cup qualifying playoff match on March 24. Poland has refused to play the scheduled game against Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin kicks the ball during an opening friendly soccer match between two children teams and FIFA legends at a Football Park in Red Square during the 2018 soccer World Cup in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, June 28, 2018. In a sweeping move to isolate and condemn Russia after invading Ukraine, the International Olympic Committee urged sports bodies on Monday to exclude the country's athletes and officials from international events. The decision opened the way for FIFA, the governing body of soccer, to exclude Russia from a World Cup qualifying playoff match on March 24. Poland has refused to play the scheduled game against Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Safonov, File) FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin touches the World Cup trophy as FIFA President Gianni Infantino stands beside him, at the end of the final match between France and Croatia at the 2018 soccer World Cup in the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, July 15, 2018. In a sweeping move to isolate and condemn Russia after invading Ukraine, the International Olympic Committee urged sports bodies on Monday to exclude the country's athletes and officials from international events. The decision opened the way for FIFA, the governing body of soccer, to exclude Russia from a World Cup qualifying playoff match on March 24. Poland has refused to play the scheduled game against Russia.(AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File) FILE - The Bundesliga soccer team of FC Schalke 04 team stands together before the start of the 2. Bundesliga match against Karlsruher SC in Karlsruhe, Germany, during a minute's silence for the war in Ukraine on Feb. 26, 2022. The Schalke team played for the first time without the logo of main sponsor Gazprom on the jerseys. (Uli Deck/dpa via AP, File) France's Ambassador to the United Nations Nicolas de Riviere speaks during Security Council meeting at UN headquarters, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) In this photo taken from video provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks to the nation in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. Street fighting broke out in Ukraine's second-largest city Sunday and Russian troops put increasing pressure on strategic ports in the country's south following a wave of attacks on airfields and fuel facilities elsewhere that appeared to mark a new phase of Russia's invasion. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)