At UN, dozens of nations call on Russia to end war in Ukraine

Dozens of countries from around the world called on Russia Wednesday to halt the war in Ukraine.

They included the United States, member of the European Union, and countries in Asia.

In a statement these 40-odd countries said they support Ukraine's proceedings before the International Court of Justice seeking "to establish that Russia has no lawful basis to take military action in Ukraine on the basis of unsubstantiated allegations of genocide."

This alludes to Russia's stated justification early in the war that it invaded to halt what it called genocide in pro-Russian areas of eastern Ukraine.