The UN General Assembly adopted a Ukrainian resolution demanding withdrawal of all Russian⛎ troops from Ukraine. As per reports, the resolution came on February 24, the third anniversary of the conflict between two countries.
🔥The vote in the 193-member world 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.
ꦡThe United States of America, Russia and 16 other countries voted against, while India opted for abstention.
ඣThe European-backed Ukrainian resolution was approved ahead of a competing US-backed proposal, which calls for a swift end to the war but notably omits any mention of Russia's invasion of Ukraine 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 ♛- have praised the heroism of their respective soldiers.
🦹The war began on February 24, 2022, when Russian forces stormed into Kyiv and took the Ukrainian 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.
