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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

UN calls for immediate Russian withdrawal from Ukraine

Screens display the vote count during the UN general assembly’s special session on Ukraine.
The vote count at the UN’s special session, in which 141 countries called for Russia’s immediate and unconditional withdrawal from Ukraine. Photograph: Timothy A Clary/AFP/Getty Images

The UN has overwhelmingly voted to call for Russia to immediately and unconditionally withdraw from Ukraine, marking one year since Moscow’s invasion by calling for a “comprehensive, just and lasting peace”.

Applause broke out when the result was announced, with Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, calling the resolution “a powerful signal of unflagging global support for Ukraine” in a tweet late on Thursday.

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