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India abstains from voting on UNSC resolution condemning Russia’s invasion, assaults in Ukraine

An injured woman being evacuated as Russia bombs a civilian apartment complex in Chuhuiv, near Kharkiv. [Photo: Twitter/ Alexander Lourie]

As invasion of Ukraine intensifies with widespread assaults being reported including in Kyiv’s northern suburbs, India abstained from voting on a UN Security Council resolution that condemned Russia’s military assaults against Ukraine and demanded the withdrawal of Russian forces from the neighbouring country.

On Friday, the UN Security Council voted on the draft resolution sponsored by the US and Albania and supported by several other nations including Poland, Italy, Germany, Estonia, Luxembourg and New Zealand.

Eleven countries voted in favour of the resolution while three countries, including India, abstained.

India, along with China and the UAE, abstained, while 11 members voted in favour of it. The U.S. vowed to take the issue to the General Assembly, where Russia does not have a veto.

Meanwhile, authorities in Kyiv have urged citizens to help defend the capital from advancing Russian forces.

Ukraine said more than 1,000 Russian soldiers had been killed so far. Russia did not release casualty figures. The UN said 25 civilians had been killed and 102 wounded, figures that were likely to be a “significant under-estimate”.

 

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