US Votes Against Ukraine-Drafted UN Resolution Seeking Full Russian Withdrawal
The United States and Ukraine submitted competing U.N. resolutions on the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
By Ryan Morgan
2/24/2025
The United States voted against a U.N. resolution on Feb. 24 that condemns Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, on the third anniversary of the war.
The three-page U.N. General Assembly resolution, as presented by Ukraine’s delegation at the international body, called for Russia to “completely and unconditionally withdraw all of its military forces from the territory of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders.”
In all, 93 countries voted in favor of the Ukrainian resolution, while 65 countries abstained. The United States and Russia were among the 18 countries that voted against the resolution.
Russian forces have continued to fight in Ukraine despite prior international calls for its unconditional withdrawal from the country. Moscow has yet to be dissuaded by international sanctions or by the hundreds of billions of dollars of aid that has flowed to Kyiv over the past three years.
The Trump administration has tried to bring both Moscow and Kyiv to the negotiating table. However, while the Ukrainian resolution would see Russian forces leave territory they have held since 2014, the Trump administration hasn’t made the full restoration of Ukraine’s pre-war borders a requisite component of its peace plan.
Earlier this month, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the idea of Ukraine regaining all of its pre-2014 territory “is an unrealistic objective.”
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