Whitehouse Statement on U.S. Voting with Russia and Against Ukraine at United Nations

Washington, DC – On the third anniversary of Vladimir Putin’s murderous invasion of Ukraine, U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) issued the following statement regarding the United States voting against a United Nations resolution condemning the invasion: “This vote is a disgrace.  Trump’s senseless betrayal of the alliances that have kept Americans safe since World War II and his fealty to the murderous aggressor Putin are a national security threat.” The United States voted alongside Russia, North Korea, Belarus, and other Russia-aligned countries on the resolution condemning Russian aggression in Ukraine and calling for the nation’s occupied territory to be returned.  The U.N. General Assembly passed the resolution by an overwhelming margin. Whitehouse returned last week from co-leading a bipartisan delegation to the Munich Security Conference, where the delegation met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.