The UN General Assembly isolates Russia tonight and in a resolution calls for peace in Ukraine, on the first anniversary of the start of the war tomorrow, Reuters reports.
The General Assembly demands that Russia withdraw its forces from the neighboring country and demand an end to hostilities.
141 member states voted for the resolution, 7 against, according to CBS News.
according The Guardian 32 countries abstained from voting. Among them, China, whose senior diplomat Wang Yi met this week with President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow.
When the Assembly meeting opened yesterday, Secretary-General António Guterres spoke out strongly against the Russian attack on Ukraine.
– The invasion violates our common conscience, said António Guterres according to NTB.
– Spring will be bloody
The Secretary-General called the anniversary of the invasion “a painful milestone for the Ukrainian people and for the world community”.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signs Twitter that he thank all the countries that are part of the majority behind tonight’s decision.
– This resolution is a powerful signal of unwavering global support, he writes.
