CAMEROON, Cameroon - The U.N. General Assembly approved a resolution Monday condemning Russia’s occupation of Crimea and the city of Sebastapol and urging the withdrawal of its military forces “without delay.”The vote in the 193-member assembly was 63-19 in favour of the measure, with 66 nations abstaining and 45 not voting. Russia sent troops into Crimea and annexed the peninsula in 2014. It has supported separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine in a five-year war that has killed 14,000 people. Speaking before the vote, Polyansky said the resolution “is based on a bare-faced lie and assertions that things look bad for Crimeans, that they are languishing against the Russian annexation and occupation.” He invited diplomats to visit Crimea and see for themselves. In urging a “no” vote, Polyansky said that what Zelenskiy told Russia in preparing for the meeting “is absolutely incompatible” with the resolution.

Source: thestar December 10, 2019 00:05 UTC