US and Russia clash over responsibility for missile strike

Children look at a crater created by an explosion in a residential area after Russian shelling in Solonka, Lviv region, Ukraine, Wednesday, November 16, 2022. [AP Photo]

The U.S. and its Western allies clashed with Russia at the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday over responsibility for a deadly missile strike in Poland near the Ukrainian border, an event the U.N. political chief called "a frightening reminder of the absolute need to prevent any further escalation" of the nine-month war in Ukraine.