The US puts pressure on Kyiv, demanding replacement of the UN resolution with a condemnation of Russia - WP

About it writes The Washington Post with reference to unnamed officials and three European diplomats. The resolution should be published in the UN on the three -year anniversary of a full -scale invasion of Russia on Monday, February 24. It is noted that this proposal stunned the official Kyiv, which refused to withdraw its resolution.

On Friday, February 21, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio published a statement with Washington's proposal to support the UN countries of a "simple" resolution in which he urged to end the war. Washington's proposal is very short and, as representatives of other countries say, it is more like a call for the peace of mind of Russian President Vladimir Putin than to call for peace, the official said.

According to WP journalists, in Kiev this resolution was regarded as an attempt to restrict Russia's responsibility for the invasion, especially given the fact that the request came after US President Donald Trump accused Ukraine of solving war. Initially, the official said, Washington considered the resolution proposed by Ukraine and "demanded to make some changes to make it weaker", including "pro -Russian" formulations in the document.

Then Washington proposed a new resolution and demanded that Kiev revoke his version, which was already agreed with other partner countries that planned to sign it. The new proposal was "shocked" by the Ukrainians, the official said, and President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs not to withdraw the finished document. "We have many signs of possible bad events, but it shocks what they put pressure on Ukraine, but not to the Russians," the official said.

We will remind, as reported by Focus, the United States refused to co -author the project of the UN resolution on the third anniversary of the full -scale invasion of Russia. The project of the resolution condemns Russian aggression and confirms the commitment of "sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders. " In addition, senators from the Republican Party have prepared a bill on the US withdrawal from the UN.