The two votes highlighted a seismic shift in the balance of power at the UN, where Washington had steadfastly voted for resolutions that favored Ukraine and condemned Russia, until the abrupt rupture with Kyiv.
A European-backed text won 93 votes for at the General Assembly and 18 votes against, with 65 abstentions and Washington sided with Moscow and Russian allies Belarus, North Korea and Sudan to vote against the text.
Washington drafted a rival resolution amid an intensifying feud between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Undeterred, the United States brought the earlier, unchanged text to a vote at the Security Council in the afternoon, securing its passage with 10 votes for and none against -- alongside five abstentions.
‘Swift end to the conflict’ ?
Several amendments, brought respectively by Russia and European nations, did not pass.
Relations between Washington and Kyiv have rapidly deteriorated following Trump’s return to the White House, with the US president claiming Zelensky is highly unpopular and a “dictator.”
The International Crisis Group’s Richard Gowan said the EU won a “moral victory” in the General Assembly, but warned European diplomats will “worry that Russia and the US will route more resolutions on Ukraine through the Security Council -- potentially including asking for an endorsement of whatever deal Trump and Putin cook up.”
Their respective leaders, Emmanuel Macron and Keir Starmer, are visiting the White House this week for key talks on Ukraine.
“Neither these amendments, nor the resolution offered by Ukraine will stop the killing. The UN must stop the killing. We urge all Member States to join us in returning the UN to its core mission of international peace and security,“ said Washington’s envoy to the UN, Dorothy Shea, ahead of the votes.
“We call on all other UN member states to join the United States in pushing for a durable peace that will bring stability to Europe and deter further aggression,“ said Shea.
UN chief Antonio Guterres on Sunday called for a peace that “fully upholds Ukraine’s territorial integrity” and respects the UN Charter.
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