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The United States offered a United Nations resolution on the Ukraine war on Friday that included no mention of the land controlled by Russia in Kyiv, diplomatic sources told AFP.
Washington’s suggestion comes amid an escalating conflict between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in which Trump said it was “ not important ” for his Ukrainian counterpart to participate in peace negotiations.
It also looked to compete with a competing draft resolution prepared by Kyiv and its European allies, nations that Trump has also attempted to exclude from discussions about the future of the three-year-old war.
The Ukrainian-European text stresses the need to redouble diplomatic efforts to end the war this year, noting several initiatives to that end, while also blaming Russia for the invasion and committing to Kyiv’s “territorial integrity.”
The text also repeats the UN General Assembly’s previous demands for an immediate and unconditional withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine.
Those votes had wide support, with around 140 of the 193 member states voting in favor.
Washington’s text, seen by AFP, calls for a “swift end to the conflict” without mentioning Kyiv’s territorial integrity, and was welcomed by Moscow’s ambassador to the UN Vassily Nebenzia as “a good move” – but stressed that it did not address the “roots” of the conflict.
In a break with past resolutions proposed and supported by Washington, the latest draft, produced ahead of a General Assembly meeting Monday to coincide with the third anniversary of the war, does not criticize Moscow.
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More ShortsInstead the 65-word text begins by “mourning the tragic loss of life throughout the Russia-Ukraine conflict.”
It then continued by “reiterating” that the United Nation’s purpose is the maintenance of “international peace and security” – without singling out Moscow as the source of the conflict.
France’s ambassador to the UN, Nicolas De Riviere, the EU’s only permanent member of the council, said he had no comment “for the moment.”
“A stripped-down text of this type that does not condemn Russian aggression or explicitly reference Ukraine’s territorial integrity looks like a betrayal of Kyiv and a jab at the EU, but also a show of disdain for core principles of international law,” said Richard Gowan of the International Crisis Group.
“I think even a lot of states that favor an early end to the war will worry that the US is ignoring core elements of the UN Charter.”
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