U.N. calls for Russia to leave Ukraine

The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday adopted a resolution calling for Russia to withdraw its troops from Ukraine, almost exactly one year after it invaded the neighboring country.

In the 193-member body, 141 members voted in support of the resolution, exceeding the two-thirds threshold needed to pass.

Seven members — Belarus, North Korea, Eritrea, Mali, Nicaragua, Russia and Syria — voted against the resolution. Thirty-two members abstained, including China, India, Iran and South Africa.

The nonbinding resolution, which is largely symbolic, calls for Russia to halt its attack on Ukraine and to withdraw its troops from the region, as well as for a lasting peace.

After the invasion of Feb. 24, 2022, the war has dragged on longer than almost anyone expected. Russia’s efforts at toppling the government in Kyiv have so far failed, and its military has suffered huge casualties while committing a number of tactical errors. Ukrainian forces, with weapons and ammunition supplied by the West, have held out against the larger military and regained territory in the eastern part of the country that Russia had seized.