On Friday, the United Nations Security Council voted on a draft resolution co-sponsored by the United States and Albania, as well as Australia, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, and the United Kingdom.
Russia blocked a draft UN Security Council resolution on Ukraine on Friday (local time). The resolution failed to pass when Russia, as a permanent member of the Security Council and President for the month of February, used its veto. The resolution earned 11 yes votes and three no votes.
On Friday, the United Nations Security Council voted on a draft resolution co-sponsored by the United States and Albania, as well as Australia, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, and the United Kingdom. China, India, and the United Arab Emirates were the only countries to vote no.
“India is deeply disturbed by the recent turn of developments in Ukraine. We urge that all efforts are made for the immediate cessation of violence and hostilities,” India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti said.
“Dialogue is the only answer to settling differences and disputes, however daunting that may appear at this moment. It is a matter of regret that the path of diplomacy was given up. We must return to it. For all these reasons, India has chosen to abstain on this resolution,” Tirumurti added.
Meanwhile, Russian forces targeted an army installation in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, but the offensive was repulsed, according to a Facebook post by the Ukrainian military early Saturday. Separately, the Interfax Ukraine news agency said that the Russian military was attempting to seize one of the city’s power plants.