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Over to Sidharth Bhatia for today’s Cable

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Snapshot of the day

February 25, 2025

Sidharth Bhatia

India abstained on two competing resolutions adopted by the United Nations General Assembly – one backed by Ukraine and the European Union, the other introduced by the United States but significantly altered through amendments from countries across the Atlantic – amid dramatic developments at the world body on Monday. The split in the ‘West’ took place even as United States president Donald Trump and French president Emmanuel Macron met in Washington to discuss the Ukraine war and publicly disagreed on the metrics of success for a ceasefire: “This peace must not be a surrender of Ukraine, it must not mean a ceasefire without guarantees,” said Macron – a reference to the US desire for Kyiv to accept the permanent loss of territory to Russia. Three years after Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the General Assembly in New York reflected a visible realignment following Donald Trump’s return to the US presidency, with the transatlantic diplomatic alliance at the United Nations visibly fractured.

In a striking scene, the United States, joined Russia, Belarus and North Korea, in voting against a EU and Ukraine-backed resolution (L.10) on the Ukraine war, which was adopted with 93 votes in favour, 18 against and 65