Not surprisingly, Ukraine featured prominently in Barack Obama's address to the UN today (from RFE/RL's news desk):
U.S. President Barack Obama said Washington will work with any nation on resolving the war in Syria, specifically singling out Russia and Iran.
But Obama, speaking at the UN General Assembly in New York on September 28, stressed there could not be a return to the pre-war status quo.
"We must recognize that there cannot be after so much carnage, so much bloodshed a return to the prewar status quo," said Obama.
The president denounced Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as a tyrant and said efforts to oust the Islamic State militant group must not bolster Assad.
Obama also said the world cannot stand by while Russia violates Ukraine's integrity and sovereignty.
He said Washington does not want to isolate Russia.
Obama said he wants Russia to engage diplomatically and resolve the crisis in a way that lets Ukraine determine its own future.
(Reuters, AP)