U.S. Clashes With European Allies at the U.N. Over Ukraine

The New York Times ^ | Feb. 24, 2025, 12:38 p.m. ET | Farnaz Fassihi

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The United States voted against a Ukrainian resolution, backed by most of Europe, demanding Russian withdrawal from Ukraine — a deep fissure between allies, and a sharp shift in American policy.

A showdown over Ukraine between the United States and its longtime European allies played out in the United Nations on Monday, as the United States opposed an effort to condemn Russian aggression and call for the immediate withdrawal of Russian forces from Ukraine.

The Trump administration, after seeking to tone down the language, voted against that resolution and introduced its own that simply called for an end to the conflict. Both measures passed, but in siding with Russia against most of its European allies, the United States made a sharp break with the past.

The face-off at the U.N. General Assembly on Monday, the third anniversary of the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, was a remarkable public fissure between Western allies that have typically stood together when it comes to Russia and Europe’s security, demonstrating the sharp turn in U.S. foreign policy under President Trump.

The three-page resolution demanding Russian withdrawal, proposed by Ukraine, also called for a “comprehensive, lasting and just peace,” and for accountability for Russia’s war crimes. It said the invasion “has persisted for three years and continues to have devastating and long- lasting consequences not only for Ukraine, but also for other regions and global stability.”

The U.S. resolution was three short paragraphs. It did not mention Russia’s aggression or condemn the invasion. It mourned the loss of life on both sides and said that the United States “implores a swift end to the conflict and further urges a lasting peace between Ukraine and Russia.”

The U.N. drama came just days after President Trump called Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president who has been lauded by many Western leaders, a “dictator” and...

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mucusmaxillary ain't gonna like this.

[ClearCase_guy]

We do not have European allies.

[rktman]

EUtopian ‘all-lies’?

[Sacajaweau]

It’s a “save face” vote. Meaningless..

[butlerweave]

They’re a bunch of Whiners

[Seruzawa]

Actually the resolution was for the US to fund the war while EU moochers sit on their hands.

[ronnie raygun]

EU-rope, they always manage to hang themselves

[Jeff Chandler]

We do not have European allies

We only have interests.

[A_perfect_lady]

They see us as an ATM and nothing else.

[caww]

Zelensky still thinks he’s working for the deep state globalists.

[dfwgator]

Maybe eventually the US will get behind Ukraine and kick the Russians out.

But if it’s to come to that, we’re going to do it Trump’s Way.

[Lauren BaRecall]

It's at the point now where it is VERY clear that Zelensky and his EUroweenie backers DO NOT WANT PEACE. Zelvis has done, and continues to do, everything in his power to inflame the situation, and shows no signs of letting up. He is the moral equivalent of that guy who was caught with matches and a gas can in Los Angeles during the height of the fires. He is being a devil to his people and the time when he can hide his evil is long over.

In his supreme idiocy and hubris he remains totally unaware that the American people are perceptive and will get to the point where they will unleash their fury against anyone who despises them for their generosity, empathy, and good will.

May God have Mercy on the Ukrainians and remove this scourge from their midst.

[tumblindice]

“War Is Peace!” Big Euroweenie

[tsowellfan]

The US is a mediator in the middle of negotiations between the two parties. I think at this point it’s smart to remain neutral.

[lazy bulgarian]

But of course you don’t.

How can a vassal state of the russian empire, whose foreign policy is dictated by russia have allies?

the putin politburo is laughing at the self-debasement of the brave and the free.