Ukraine assures that it will “win” the war against Russia and obtains support in the UN

“Ukraine will win!”, proclaimed this Thursday the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskythe eve of the first anniversary of the Russian invasion, condemned by a large majority by the General Assembly of the UN.

“We have not broken. We have passed many tests and we will succeed. We will ask all those who brought this evil and this war to our land to account.Zelensky stated.

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In NYthe UN General Assembly approved by 141 votes in favor, 7 against and 32 abstentions a resolution that demands the “immediate withdrawal” of the Russian troops of the former Soviet republic.

The Ukrainian resistance to the invasion had strong military and financial support from the Western powers, which on Thursday urged the International Monetary Fund (IMF) the launch of a new aid package.

He G7 (USA, Canada, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Italy and Japan) also considered that the sanctions imposed on Moscow “have significantly undermined Russia’s capabilities in its illegal war”.

The White House has already announced that “USA implement wide-ranging sanctions against key revenue-generating sectors” for the Russian president, Vladimir Putin.

The Russian president promised for his part to increase military industrial production and announced the forthcoming entry into service of Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missiles.

“We will pay priority attention to strengthening our defense capabilities”, Putin added in a video released on the occasion of the Defenders of the Fatherland Day.

Russia’s expectations of a quick victory were dashed and its troops suffered heavy setbacks in eastern Russia late last year. Ukraine.

Currently, they are trying to regain the initiative by conquering the city of bakhmutwhich has been putting up fierce resistance for weeks.

Estonian Prime Minister kaja kallasaffirmed that the defense of his country, which was also a Soviet republic and is currently part of NATO, “start in ukraine”.

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If Russia achieves its goals in Ukraine, that “it will be an incentive to do the same in other places”, he warned.

The president of the Spanish government, Pedro Sanchezaffirmed in a surprise visit to kyiv the determination of his government to remain “side with Ukraine and its people until peace returns to Europe”.

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The non-binding General Assembly resolution required Russia to “immediately, completely and unconditionally withdraw all its military forces from the territory of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders”.

Russia annexed the Ukrainian peninsula in 2014 crimea and, after the start of the invasion a year ago, it proclaimed its sovereignty over pro-Russian separatist regions in the east of the country.

The text also urges the “cessation of hostilities” and “stresses the need to achieve a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in Ukraine as soon as possible, in line with the principles of the United Nations Charter”.

The four resolutions related to the Russian invasion voted in the General Assembly in the last year collected between 140 and 143 votes in favour, a little less than 40 abstentions.

The votes against this Thursday came from Russia, belarus, Syria, North Korea, eritrea, Nicaragua and Mali.

China abstained in the vote, as well as numerous emerging countries.

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“No matter how narrow the door to a political solution is, (it) cannot be closedsaid China’s deputy ambassador to the UN, dai bing.

A call to which several Latin American countries joined, such as Guatemala, Mexico, Colombia either Uruguay.

China indicated on Thursday, after high-level contacts with Russia, that it intends to present “a political solution” to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, without other specifications.

Source: Elcomercio

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