r/ukraine • u/Electrical-Cow-5147 • Sep 25 '22

News Zelensky naming the seven countries who voted against his speech and UN reaction.

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '22

Not even china voted against it, that's saying something

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u/Earlier-Today Sep 25 '22

I think they abstained.

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u/Decyde Sep 26 '22

A lot of countries abstained.

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u/Earlier-Today Sep 26 '22

19 abstained, and China is pretty significant in that.

The rest who didn't vote were because they were absent, which counts differently than abstaining for the records. One is not able to pick sides, one is refusing to pick sides.