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The United States voted with Russia, North Korea, Iran and 14 other Moscow-friendly countries Monday against a resolution condemning Russian aggression in Ukraine and calling for the return of Ukrainian territory. The resolution passed overwhelmingly in the U.N. General Assembly.
The Ukraine resolution, co-sponsored by dozens of other nations, was the seventh approved by the General Assembly — and the first not supported by the United States — since the war began.The U.S. delegation also abstained from voting on its own competing resolution that simply called for an end to the war, after European-sponsored amendments inserting new anti-Russian language also passed the 193-member body by a wide margin. The amended U.S. resolution also passed.
Asked by reporters ahead of his Oval Office meeting with Macron why the United States opposed the Ukraine-sponsored resolution condemning Russia, Trump said, “I would rather not explain it now, but it’s sort of self-evident.”
