Europeans win in UN clash with US over rival Ukraine resolutions
- The United States joined Russia in opposing a European-led resolution about Ukraine in the U.N., marking a split from its allies, as reported by AP.
- The U.N. General Assembly passed a resolution acknowledging Russian aggression against Ukraine with 93 votes in favor and 8 against, after France added amendments.
- While the U.S. abstained from its own resolution after it was amended, it pushed for a vote in the U.N. Security Council with a 10-0 outcome, 5 abstaining.
- Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Mariana Betsa stated that Ukraine is exercising its "inherent right to self-defense" following Russia's invasion.
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The estrangement between the United States and Europe is in full swing. This became painfully clear in both the voting behavior of the Americans in the General Assembly of the United Nations and during the visit of French President Macron to the White House. "Trump chooses the side of Putin and is no longer an ally of Europe. The West as we know it no longer exists."
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CHRONICLE. Switzerland is sticking to its positions, and continues to support Ukraine and demand that Kiev be a party to the negotiations on the end of the war, writes our columnist François Nordmann; while this Monday at the UN, Washington voted in the General Assembly, against the text supported by Europeans, against the text supported by EuropeansSwitzerland has committed itself emotionally and politically to the side of the attacked Ukraine.…
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