The UN General Assembly called on the Russians to leave Ukraine. Seven countries were against

The same number of countries voted for the resolution as for a similar, also legally non-binding opinion adopted last March. At that time, five countries were against – in addition to Russia, Belarus, Syria, Eritrea and North Korea. Nicaragua and Mali have now joined them.

The new text, approved on the eve of the first anniversary of the Russian invasion, calls for a “just and lasting peace” in addition to restoring Ukraine’s internationally recognized borders. The resolution proposed by Kyiv and dozens of its allies also calls for an end to the fighting that has killed thousands, if not tens of thousands, and driven millions of Ukrainians from their homes.

Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský said on Twitter even before the vote that the Czech Republic “strongly supports” the proposed resolution. According to him, he defends the “principles of sovereign equality and territorial integrity of states”.

According to AFP, Ukraine’s allies hoped to build at least as broad a coalition in the General Assembly on Thursday as in the October annexation vote. But they did not achieve this goal: a number of African countries, as well as China, India and Pakistan, abstained from voting.

The New York Times in Thursday’s analysis of developments on the international scene, he notes that many of these “neutral” countries have provided significant economic or diplomatic support to Moscow since the beginning of Russian aggression. “And even some of the countries that initially agreed to condemn Russia see the war as someone else’s problem and have since moved to a more neutral position,” the paper adds.