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America voted against a United Nations resolution

condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The UN General Assembly nevertheless passed the resolution.

93 countries, including America's European allies, voted in favor with 18 against and 64 abstentions.

The UN Security Council, where America and Russia have a veto, passed an American-backed measure calling

for peace without assigning blame to Russia for starting the war.

During a press conference at the White House, Emmanuel Macron, France's president, said that

Europe had provided real money, not just loans, as Mr. Trump

asserted, to Ukraine, and clarified that Russia was the aggressor. Mr. Trump, meanwhile, declined

to call Vladimir Putin a dictator. President Trump and Macron both said that European troops

could potentially serve as peacekeepers in Ukraine.

Ukraine's president, Volodymy Zelensky, said he hoped the war can finish this year,

as he hosted around a dozen foreign leaders in Kiev to mark the third anniversary of Russia's invasion.

Meanwhile, Ukraine's Justice Minister said it was close to finalizing a deal with America

over rights to the embattled country's rare mineral deposits.

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