On 27 March 2014, the UN General Assembly passed Resolution 68/262, which affirmed its commitment to the sovereignty, unity, and territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders. The document was a response of the international community to the invasion and illegal annexation of Crimea by Russia, though it did not name the perpetrator directly.
“Many struggle to grasp the reality—it happened in Ukraine, in the very heart of Europe. It happened in the twenty-first century.”The resolution was adopted by 100 votes (11 against, 58 abstentions). Russia put severe pressure on a number of governments trying to influence the final vote, Kyiv emphasized thereafter, but the support of the document clearly demonstrated the extent of the international isolation of the aggressor state.
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