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India did not support Russia for the first time, voted in favor of Zelensky's speech on the UN Council

At a meeting of the UN Security Council on August 24, India did not support Russia for the first time, vote for the speech of President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky during a procedural vote. According to The Hindu, since the beginning of the full -scale invasion of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, India did not support the decision of the UN Security Council, but always refrained from votes.

New Delhi Video has repeatedly urged the Russian and Ukrainian sides to return to the path of diplomacy and dialogue, and also expressed support for all diplomatic efforts to end the war between the two countries. On August 24, at the beginning of the meeting, a representative of the Russian aggressor country Vasyl Neenzi demanded a procedural vote on Zelensky's participation in videoconference.

13 of the 15 members of the UN Security Council, including India, voted for its participation, Russian Federation - Against, China refrained. The UN Security Council gathered to discuss issues related to the consequences of a full -scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine. Zelensky emphasized that Russia put the world on the border of a nuclear catastrophe and turned the territory of the largest Zaporizhzhya NPP in Europe into a war zone.