Egypt voted with the United Nations General Assembly’s resolution condemning Russia’s annexation of Ukrainian regions, as the United Nations General Assembly adopted, on Wednesday, a draft resolution condemning Russia’s annexation of four Ukrainian regions.
The list of voting countries highlights Egypt’s support for the resolution
Western countries have engaged in intense pressure behind the scenes to pass a United Nations resolution condemning Russia’s “attempted illegal annexation” of four Ukrainian regions, and calling on Moscow to immediately reverse its actions..
The 193-member General Assembly voted in favor of the resolution after diplomats finished defining their country’s positions. On Monday, members of the assembly began discussions on the resumption of an emergency special session on Ukraine.
On October 5, Russian President Vladimir Putin officially signed a decree on the annexation of the four Ukrainian regions.
Putin announced that his country annexed 4 regions in Ukraine in which the Kremlin organized referendums that ended with great support for the annexation, while America and Western countries described the referendums as “sham” organized at gunpoint, stressing that they did not recognize them..
Since last February, the Russian President has launched a military operation in Ukraine, which he said aims to remove the influence of NATO from his country. However, Russia suffered some losses during the past month, which necessitated some measures such as referendums and partial military mobilization.
Earlier, the governor of the “Donetsk” region in eastern Ukraine, Pavlo Kirilenko, announced today, Wednesday, that at least seven people were killed and nine others were injured in a Russian bombing that targeted a crowded market in the town of Avdiivka..
“The Russian forces bombed the central market, which was crowded with pilgrims,” Kirilenko was quoted by the Ukrainian “Ukrinform” news agency, stressing that “there is no military rationale for such an attack.”