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The US has doubly sided with Russia successful votes astatine the UN to people the 3rd day of the Russian penetration of Ukraine, highlighting the Trump administration's alteration of stance connected the war.
First the 2 countries opposed a European-drafted solution condemning Moscow's actions and supporting Ukraine's territorial integrity, which was passed by the UN General Assembly (UNGA) successful New York.
Then they backed a US-drafted solution astatine the UN Security Council calling for an extremity to the struggle but containing nary disapproval of Russia.
The Security Council solution was passed but 2 cardinal US allies, the UK and France, abstained successful the ballot aft their attempts to amend the wording were vetoed.
The competing resolutions were tabled arsenic French President Emmanuel Macron visited President Donald Trump astatine the White House in an effort to code their crisp differences implicit the war.
On Thursday, British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer volition likewise sojourn the caller American leader.
Trump's White House has upended the transatlantic alliance, currying favour with Moscow and casting uncertainty connected America's semipermanent committedness to European security.
That rift was laid bare connected the level of the 193-member UNGA connected Monday arsenic US diplomats pushed their constricted solution mourning the nonaccomplishment of beingness during the "Russia-Ukraine conflict" and calling for a swift extremity to it.
European diplomats tabled a much elaborate text, blaming Russia for its full-scale invasion, and supporting Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
"We request to reconfirm that the aggression should beryllium condemned and discredited, not rewarded," said Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Mariana Betsa.
UNGA members backed the European solution by 93 votes but, extraordinarily, the US did not abstain but really voted against it, on with Russia, Israel, North Korea, Sudan, Belarus, Hungary and 11 different states, with 65 abstentions.
The UNGA besides passed the US solution but lone aft it was amended to see connection supporting Ukraine, which led to the US abstaining.
At the overmuch much almighty UN Security Council, which has 15 members, the unamended US solution was passed by 10 votes, with the UK, France, Denmark, Greece and Slovenia abstaining.
America's acting envoy to the UN, Dorothy Camille Shea, described the US solution arsenic a "simple historical statement... that looks forward, not backwards. A solution focused connected 1 elemental idea: ending the war".
Rarely has the US been truthful astatine likelihood with its expected European allies.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine 3 years ago, the Security Council has been deadlocked by the powerfulness of Russia, 1 of its 5 imperishable members, to veto immoderate solution there.
For this crushed the UNGA has been the main forum for debating the warfare but its resolutions are not legally binding for subordinate states, dissimilar those of the Security Council.
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