UN calls for immediate Russian withdrawal from Ukraine | Ukraine | The Guardian - 0 views
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The resolution on Thursday night saw 141 countries in favour with seven against and 32 abstentions, including China.
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Ukraine’s allies failed to improve on numbers seen in the last vote on the issue in October immediately after Russia annexed republics in the east of Ukraine. In that vote 143 countries backed the resolution, with five against and 35 abstentions.
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Among the big countries abstaining on Thursday, Thailand said it did not want to become involved in a morality play, adding that billions of bystanders were bearing the brunt of the war.
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