US Votes With Russia Against Ukraine At United Nations

The New York Times reports:

A showdown over Ukraine between the United States and its longtime European allies played out in the United Nations on Monday, as the United States opposed an effort to condemn Russian aggression and call for the immediate withdrawal of Russian forces from Ukraine.

The Trump administration, after seeking to tone down the language, voted against that resolution and introduced its own that simply called for an end to the conflict. Both measures passed, but in siding with Russia against most of its European allies, the United States made a sharp break with the past.

The face-off at the U.N. General Assembly on Monday, the third anniversary of the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, was a remarkable public fissure between Western allies that have typically stood together when it comes to Russia and Europe’s security, demonstrating the sharp turn in U.S. foreign policy under President Trump.

Read the full article. Former Rep. Elise Stefanik has not yet been confirmed as US Ambassador to the United Nations, so the woman in the screenshot is her stand-in.

The United States votes with Russia and North Korea against Ukraine at the United Nations.

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