The U.S. on Friday proposed a draft United Nations resolution to mark the third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and the proposal pits Washington against an effort by Kyiv and European allies to have their own text adopted on Monday by the General Assembly.

Ahead of the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the US has proposed a draft United Nations resolution. The proposal, made available to dpa, does not explicitly name Moscow as the aggressor,

The United States has proposed a draft U.N. resolution that stops far short of a competing European-backed statement demanding an immediate withdrawal of all of Moscow’s forces from Ukraine.

At the end of the Cold War, President George H.W. Bush managed the fall of the Soviet Union and its satellite states in Eastern Europe — sometimes overruling regional leaders in the wider interests of the West and their own security. There’s no sign that Trump feels any such affinity for Europe or its future.

The diplomatic dispute between President Trump and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy has upended international protocols and rattled U.S. allies in Europe. Charles Kupchan, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations,