'The world had its say,' Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, calling Russia's push for annexation 'worthless.'
U.N. Ambassador from Ukraine Sergiy Kyslytsya uses binoculars in the U.N. General Assembly before a vote condemning Russia's move to illegally annex parts of Ukraine.
There were 35 abstentions, but 143 countries voted in favor of Ukraine's resolution, which cited not only the need to protect the sovereignty of a country that has now withstood a Russian invasion for more than seven months, but also to defend the U.N. charter itself.Some 143 delegations to the U.N. voted to condemn Russia's move to illegally annex parts of Ukraine, with Russia joined by only four other countries: Belarus, Nicaragua, North Korea and Syria.
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