At UN, US refuses to blame Russia for Ukraine war, splits with European allies
February 25, 2025 | by Deshvidesh News

In a major diplomatic shift, the United States on Monday voted alongside Russia in seeking to block a United Nations General Assembly resolution by Ukraine that called for stopping hostilities and peacefully resolving the war in Eastern Europe.
The Donald Trump administration split with its European allies by refusing to blame Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine in votes on three UN resolutions, the Associated Press reported.
The resolutions were moved on the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which triggered the deadliest conflict in Europe since World War II.
Washington’s decision not to support Kyiv’s position came amid fissures between the Trump administration and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy over the past week.
Trump had called Zelenskyy a “dictator” for not holding elections during the war and falsely accused Ukraine of starting the war. The US president had also warned that Zelenskyy “better move fast” to negotiate an end to the war or risk not having a nation to lead.
The Ukrainian president has responded by saying that Trump was living in the Russian “disinformation space”.
Trump’s representatives and their Russian counterparts met last week for talks on ending the Ukraine conflict mediated by Saudi Arabia. Ukraine was left out of the talks.
The main resolution, moved by Ukraine and backed by several European nations, reaffirmed the United Nations General…
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