US Votes Against Ukraine-Drafted UN Resolution Seeking Full Russian Withdrawal

The United States and Ukraine submitted competing U.N. resolutions on the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres speaks on 2025 priorities to the U.N. General Assembly at the U.N. Headquarters in New York City on Jan. 15, 2025. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images

The United States voted against a U.N. resolution on Feb. 24 that condemns Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, on the third anniversary of the war.

The three-page U.N. General Assembly resolution, as presented by Ukraine’s delegation at the international body, called for Russia to “completely and unconditionally withdraw all of its military forces from the territory of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders.”