Six nations joined Russia in voting against a resolution calling on Russian troops to immediately withdraw from Ukraine during a United Nations General Assembly on Feb. 23.
Belarus, a close ally of Russia, along with North Korea, Syria, Eritrea, Mali, and Nicaragua, all joined Russia in opposing the declaration on the eve of the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The resolution called for Russia to “immediately, completely and unconditionally withdraw all of its military forces from the territory of Ukraine” and called for a “cessation of hostilities.”
Belarus had proposed amendments to the resolution that would have altered several of its provisions, including calling on U.N. member states to “refrain from sending weapons to the zone of conflict.”…