The UN General Assembly adopted a Ukrainian resolution on the Zaporizhia NPP

The UN General Assembly on Thursday, July 11, adopted a draft Ukrainian resolution demanding the Russian Federation to withdraw troops from the territory of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant. 99 countries supported the adoption of the document. Nine, among which were Russia, Belarus and Syria, voted against. 60 countries abstained from voting.

The document consists of 13 paragraphs. In particular, the text contains a requirement "that the Russian Federation urgently withdraw its military personnel and other unauthorized personnel from the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant and immediately return the plant to full control of the sovereign and competent authorities of Ukraine." At the same time, the draft resolution does not condemn the constant attacks on the NPP by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Unlike the UN Security Council resolution, the resolutions of the General Assembly do not have legally binding force.

In response to the adoption of the draft resolution, Dmitry Polyansky, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations, noted in a comment to journalists that the draft is politicized and has no effect.

"Unfortunately, he [the project] can only encourage the war party in Europe, in the United States and, of course, in Ukraine, and they will try to pretend that this is some kind of support by the international community for their efforts to keep the regime of [Ukrainian President Vladimir] Zelensky is afloat by mobilizing a large number of Ukrainians who absolutely do not want to fight," RIA Novosti quoted Polyansky as saying.

The Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN also added that the Ukrainian authorities are unable to comply with the provisions of the resolution they proposed.