U.N. votes to call on Russia to end Ukraine war

United Nations - The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Thursday to call for a cessation of hostilities in Ukraine and for Russia to withdraw its forces immediately.

The resolution, which passed 141-7 with 32 abstentions on the day before the one-year mark of the Ukraine war, calls for Russia's "immediate cessation of the attacks on the critical infrastructure of Ukraine and any deliberate attacks on civilian objects, including those that are residences, schools and hospitals," and it calls on nations and international organizations to "redouble support for diplomatic efforts to achieve a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in Ukraine."

After the vote, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called it a "powerful signal of unflagging global support."