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UN Adopts Resolution Demanding Withdrawal Of Russian Troops From Ukraine, US Votes Against, India Abstains

The United States of America, Russia and 16 ošŸ’™ther countries voted against, while India opted for abstention.

Photo: AP/Evgeniy Maloletka

The UN General Assembly adopted a Ukrainian resolution demanding withdrawal of all Russian troops from Ukraine. As per rź©²eports, the resolution came on February 24, the third anniversary of the conflict between two countriesšŸ„ƒ.

The vote in the 193-member worlšŸ‘d body, whose resolutions are not legally binding but are seen as a barometer of world opinion, was 93-18 with 65 abstentions. That's lower than previous resolutions, which saw over 140 nations condemn Russia's aggression and demand a reversal of its annexation of four Ukrainian regions.

The United States of America, Russia and 16 otšŸ”„her counš„¹tries voted against, while India opted for abstention.

The European-backed Ukrainian resolution was approved ahead of a competing US-backed proposal, which calls for ašŸŒ swift end to the war but notably omits any mention of Russia's invasion of UkšŸŒŗraine on February 24, 2022.

Three Years

February 24, 2025 marks three years since the war in Ukraine began. What started with Russia's invasion of the neighbouring country has now become the bloodiest conflict Europe has seen since the Second World War. However, three years later, the tables for the Ukraine war have drastically shifted especially after Donald Trump took oath as the President of the United States.

To mark the third year of the conflict, both presidents - Russia's Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy šŸƒ- hā›Žave praised the heroism of their respective soldiers.

The war began on February 24, 2022, when Russian forces stormed into Kyiv and took the Ukrainš’Ŗian capital by storm. While the war shocked the world, Moscow's invasion was also seen as a drastic escalation of the 2014 conflict between the two countries, in which Russia annexed Crimea.

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