Washington fails to block it and presents an alternative text, more lenient towards Moscow, but ends up abstaining after European amendments toughen it. The United Nations General Assembly approved a resolution on the war in Ukraine this Monday,

The United Nations General Assembly has supported a resolution, drafted by Ukraine and the European Union, while it condemned Russia on the third anniversary of its full-scale invasion. It rejected a competing US resolution, which reflected Donald Trump's growing divide with Europe and closer ties with Vladimir Putin.

Three years to the day since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the UN General Assembly adopted two competing resolutions on resolving the conflict on Monday, one initiated by the United States and the other by Ukraine – a sign of strategic differences within the transatlantic alliance over the way forward for peace.