US not co-sponsoring UN resolution supporting Ukraine: report
The U.S. is reportedly refusing to co-sponsor a draft U.N. resolution marking three years since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, signaling weakening U.S. political support for Ukraine as President Trump is reaching out to Russia to end its war against the country.
Three diplomatic sources told Reuters that the U.S. is refusing to sign onto a resolution that backs Ukraine’s territorial integrity and again demands Russia withdraw its troops. The resolution is expected to go before the General Assembly for a vote on Monday.
The diplomatic standoff at the U.N. comes as the U.S. is also objecting to language in a Group of 7 draft statement marking three years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which Moscow launched on Feb. 24, 2022.
The U.S. objected to statements that are viewed as pro-Ukrainian, the New York Times reported, and objected to statements labeling Russia as the aggressor.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has also changed language the U.S. uses to refer to the war, in a departure from the former Biden administration.
After a meeting with Russian officials in Riyadh earlier this week, Rubio described discussions surrounding “the conflict in Ukraine,” avoiding the term “war.” Russia refers to its aggression against Ukraine as a “special military operation” and passed a law criminalizing the use of the word “war” to describe the situation.
The U.S. objection to language from allies supporting Ukraine comes amid President Trump’s push to end Russia’s war and reestablish ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Trump is critical of U.S. military and economic support for Ukraine and is in an escalating war of words with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Trump called Zelensky a “dictator,” demanded repayment for American military support and blamed Kyiv for starting the war, even though Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, years after occupying and annexing the Crimea region of Ukraine.
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