US sides with Russia in UN resolutions on invasion of Ukraine
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The UK and France abstain as the UN Security Council passes a text that does not criticise Moscow.
  • MonsterMonsterEnglish
    10•23 hours ago

    “First, the US opposed a European-drafted resolution condemning Moscow’s actions and supporting Ukraine’s territorial integrity - voting the same way as Russia and countries including North Korea and Belarus at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York.”

    “UNGA members backed the European resolution by 93 votes but, extraordinarily, the US did not abstain but actually voted against it, along with Russia, Israel, North Korea, Sudan, Belarus, Hungary and 11 other states, with 65 abstentions.”

    • @[email protected]English
      18•23 hours ago

      extraordinarily, the US did not abstain but actually voted against it, along with Russia, Israel, North Korea, Sudan, Belarus, Hungary and 11 other states,

      Wow, really a who’s who of shitheels.

    • @[email protected]English
      2•23 hours ago

      That’s breathtakingly shitty of my country to do, but the security council stuff is just as bad and maybe more important since (if my memory serves) the security council has a lot more actual power to do things that the general assembly does

      Then [the US and Russia] backed a US-drafted resolution at the UN Security Council calling for an end to the conflict but containing no criticism of Russia.

      The Security Council resolution was passed but two key US allies, the UK and France, abstained in the vote after their attempts to amend the wording were vetoed.