America does not condemn the Russian aggression in Ukraine. Fracture between the USA and Europe at the UN

The United States have Voted together with Russia, North Korea, Belarusia and other fourteen friendly countries of Moscow against the resolution of the UN General Assembly that condemned the Russian aggression of Ukraine And he asked for the return to Kiev of the occupied territories. Against Israel also voted. The resolution presented by Ukraine, and co-sponsored by almost all EU countries, three years after Russian invasion, was approved by 93 countries, including Italy, and rejected by 18. The abstentions were 65. A similar resolution in 2022 and 2023 had obtained much wider support, with over 141 members.

Today’s vote marks a Another breaking point unimaginable until a few months ago, between the United States and the countries of the European Union, but not surprising after the latest statements by Donald Trump, who attacked the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, accusing him of having started the war and defined as “dictator Without elections “. The American position is approaching the Russian one in a very fast way and the subsequent moves do not seem to reduce the shock effect in international diplomacy.

A second resolution, drawn up by the United States and with the EU amendments approved by the Assembly in which yes speaks of “right peace” and “territorial integrity” of Ukraine, he obtained 93 votes in favor, eight against, including Russia and Belarus, and 73 abstentions. The United States abstained. A representative of the American State Department, speaking at the Washington Post, explained that the US would be determined to present a resolution to the Security Council, putting the veto at any amendment. “While our partners – he added – to the Security Council and the General Assembly love to debate on the entire situation, we are much more focused on bringing the parties to a negotiation table in order to get to an agreement”.

But according to international observers, the American location presented at the Palazzo di Vetro scores The largest fracture among the powers of the West at the United Nations since the times of the war in Iraq. “And probably – explained Richard Gowan, an international crisis expert – this is even more fundamental”.