Moscow uses its veto against US draft resolution

WORLD, Oct. 01 (YPA) – Moscow has used its veto against a draft resolution aimed at outlawing earlier voluntary integration of four Ukrainian regions into Russian soil.

The resolution, which had been drafted by the United States and Albania, was put to vote at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Friday.

The vote came shortly Russian President Vladimir Putin formalized the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia’s incorporation into the Russian Federation.

The four regions voted in favor of joining Russia during referendums that were held over five days earlier in the month.

Russia’s Russian Ambassador to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia called the draft a “low-grade provocation with a goal that is clear to all.”

He added that the West was deliberately pushing Russia to use its veto power to later accuse it of “misusing this right”.

Ten nations voted in favor of the draft, while China, Gabon, India, and Brazil abstained.

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