With the vote of the General Assembly, only these four countries supported the annexation of the Ukrainian regions to Russia

The UN General Assembly voted on Wednesday to condemn the annexation of four occupied Ukrainian regions to Russia, but four countries have sided with Moscow and supported what the Kremlin did, according to the website.The hillNews.

Of the 193 members of the United Nations, 143 countries voted in favor of the resolution criticizing “illegal Russian referendums”, with 35 abstentions, compared to four countries that refused to condemn, namely Syria, North Korea, Belarus and Nicaragua .

Three of these four countries voted against a General Assembly resolution last March condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine, notably Syria, North Korea and Belarus, as well as Eritrea and Nicaragua.

The resolution issued by the General Assembly asks not to recognize the annexation of the Ukrainian regions to Russia and asks Moscow to reverse this step.

US President Joe Biden said the UN General Assembly sent a “clear message” to the Kremlin by voting with a large majority on the draft resolution.

“The stakes in this conflict are clear to everyone and the world has sent a clear message in response: Russia cannot wipe a sovereign country off the map. Russia cannot change borders by force. Russia cannot take over. the territory of another country, “Biden said.

In his statement, Biden said that “the vast majority of the world – countries from every region, large and small, representing a wide range of ideologies and governments – voted today to defend the UN Charter and condemn the illegal attempt. of Russia to annex Ukrainian territory by force “.

“143 countries have sided with freedom, sovereignty and territorial integrity – and this number is even greater than the 141 countries that voted in March to unequivocally condemn Russia’s war against Ukraine,” the president of Ukraine said. United States.