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Evening Standard
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Matt Watts

US votes against UN resolution condemning Russia for war as Macron and Trump meet at White House

President Donald Trump, right, meets with France's President Emmanuel Macron in the Oval Office - (AP)

The US voted alongside Russia, North Korea and Belarus in rejecting a UN resolution condemning Vladimir Putin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine.

The Kyiv-drafted resolution, which called on Putin’s forces to withdraw from Ukrainian territory immediately, passed easily with 93 votes in favour at the UN General Assembly. China abstained alongside 64 other countries.

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