The US torpedoed a UN resolution blaming Russia. A US counterproposal passed when France and the UK abstained.
The US, China, Russia, UK, and France have UN veto power. Earlier today, a UN resolution condemning Russia for the war failed.
In its place, U.S. Wins Backing for U.N. Resolution on Ukraine War.
The U.S. sided with Russia and China to win the United Nations Security Council’s backing for a resolution crafted in Washington that didn’t blame Moscow for the Ukraine war and called for a swift end to the conflict, as President Trump said he was in talks with Russia about an economic-development deal.
Trump’s comments and the U.S.’s vote at the U.N. on Monday illustrated the extent to which the president has changed the U.S.’s posture toward the region, coming on the same day as European leaders gathered in Kyiv to mark the third anniversary of the invasion.
Earlier on Monday, the General Assembly, which represents the 193 U.N. member states, had approved a Ukrainian resolution pinning the blame on Russia for the war, despite U.S. efforts to kill it. The U.S. was joined by North Korea, Russia and Belarus in voting against it.
Unlike the General Assembly, the 15-member U.N. Security Council has decision-making powers. The U.S. secured 10 votes from the Security Council in favor of its resolution. Five European countries abstained, including the U.K. and France, underscoring the widening gulf between Europe and the U.S. over the Ukraine conflict.
France and Britain both have veto powers on the Security Council but were reluctant to use them against Washington, diplomats said. French President Emmanuel Macron met with Trump at the White House on Monday, and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is set to meet with Trump in Washington later this week.
Following the meeting at the White House on Monday with Macron, Trump said that his administration is “making a decisive break” with Biden’s approach and is on the verge of inking an agreement with Ukraine that would provide the U.S. with access to that country’s natural resources. Key to the deal, Trump said, is that U.S. taxpayers can “recoup” some of the billions spent defending the Eastern European nation.
Trump Seeks an Economic Deal With Russia
Earlier today I commented Trump Seeks an Economic Deal With Russia, Votes Against UN Resolution Condemning Russia
On the third anniversary of invasion, Trump says he’s talking to Moscow about an economic development deal.
On February 24, 2022, I discussed The Real Background Story Behind Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine.
What Happened in Ukraine?
The mess today in Ukraine has its roots in the 2014 when democratically elected Ukrainian President Yanukovych was toppled in a US-backed coup.
Q: Why did the US want to get rid of Yanukovych?
A: Because he was against Ukraine joining NATO.
McCain dined with Svoboda Party leader Oleg Tyagnibok. The Svoboda Party is a group of neo-Nazis.
The citizens of Ukraine were used as pawns in yet another US mission that backfired.
Well who cares about Neo-Nazis as long as they want Ukraine in NATO.
And that’s the rest of the story US media will not discuss.
This no way absolves Putin, but US meddling backfires again, and again, and again.
US Meddling
US meddling made a mess in Vietnam, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Syria, Israel, and damn near every place we have meddled.
The way to stop meddling is to impose a severe penalty of those who support such actions. Guess what. Meddling would stop instantaneously.
We cannot afford these idiotic wars and history suggests we should not try even if we could afford them. We wasted trillions upon trillions of dollars and all we have done is make more enemies.
UK Meddling
Three weeks into the war, Turkey mediated an agreement that had (a) Russian withdrawal, (b) Ukraine remains neutral (c) the Eastern provinces becoming semiautonomous but Crimea remains in Russia.
The war would have been over.
The West pressured Ukraine not to accept those terms and to fight to the last Ukrainian. Boris Johnson delivered the big message in person to Zelensky.
Hundreds of billions of dollars damage later, and tens of thousands of lives lost, Ukraine will get a much worse deal.
Ukraine Already Lost the War But the EU Hasn’t Figured That Out
Earlier today I posted Ukraine Already Lost the War But the EU Hasn’t Figured That Out
A negotiated settlement, land for peace is what I said in 2022. Terms now include mineral rights.
The Goal and a Mission
Like it or not, we now have a goal and a mission. They are one and the same, end the war. The war will end as I repeatedly stated since 2022, a negotiated settlement.
You can agree or disagree with Trump’s approach or the appeasement of Putin. But you cannot change the facts.
The longer Zelensky holds out the more territory Ukraine will lose.
The EU said it is willing to commit troops, I said no. My no was in reference to before there was a deal.
Take away threats, and yeah, the EU will gladly do the minimum to take credit for helping.
Meanwhile, Zelensky is holding out for the impossible, NATO membership.
The EU has no say in a deal and the longer Zelensky holds out, the more territory Ukraine will lose.