US pressures Ukraine to withdraw UN resolution over Russian invasion

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

The United States has pressured Ukraine to withdraw its European-backed UN resolution demanding an immediate withdrawal of Russian forces from Ukraine in favour of a proposal that does not mention Moscow’s invasion, a US official and a European diplomat said on Sunday.

But Ukraine refused to pull its draft resolution, and the UN General Assembly will vote on it on Monday, the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, two European diplomats said.