She described the resolution condemning the United Nations for its annexation of Ukrainian territory as "hostile"
Russia warns of World War III if Ukraine joins NATO
Group photo during the second day of the NATO Defense Ministers meeting in Brussels.
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The United Nations General Assembly unanimously condemned Russia's decision to annex four Ukrainian regions, and called on all countries not to recognize it, while Moscow considered the decision "anti-Russian."
From World War III, if Ukraine joins NATO, US President Joe Biden described the UN resolution as a message to Moscow that it cannot wipe a sovereign country off the map.
In detail, last Wednesday evening, the United Nations General Assembly condemned Russia's recent annexation of four Ukrainian regions, with 143 votes in favor, five against, and 35 abstentions.
Besides Russia, dissenting votes came from Belarus, Nicaragua, North Korea, and Syria, but supporters of Ukraine benefited from the fact that the resolution received two additional votes, in addition to the 141 who initially condemned the Russian war.
In Moscow, the TASS news agency reported that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the United Nations resolution condemning Moscow's annexation of Ukrainian lands was "anti-Russian," adding that it was taken using "diplomatic intimidation."
Meanwhile, officials said yesterday that Russian missiles have bombed more than 40 Ukrainian cities and towns, as NATO allies meeting in Brussels revealed plans to bolster European air defenses, after pledging more military support to Kyiv.
The new pledges prompted Moscow to re-emerge warnings that aiding Western countries makes it a "direct party to the conflict" and that Ukraine's acceptance into the military alliance could ignite a third world war.
"Kyiv is well aware that such a step will mean an inevitable escalation to World War III," Alexander Venediktov, deputy secretary of the Russian Security Council, told the official TASS news agency yesterday, while the United States pledged to defend every inch of allied territory.
In Brussels, German Defense Minister Christiana Lambrecht warned yesterday against underestimating Russia's nuclear threats in the war in Ukraine, on the sidelines of a meeting of officials from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
"It is very important that the threats emanating from Russia are taken seriously, and that we also prepare appropriately for them," Lambrecht said.
In Washington, the US president described the UN resolution against Russia's annexation of Ukraine, which passed with a large majority, as a message to Moscow that it cannot wipe a sovereign country off the map.
"The overwhelming majority of the world...countries from every region, large and small, representing a wide range of ideologies and governments...voted to defend the Charter of the United Nations and to condemn Russia's illegal attempt to forcibly annex Ukrainian territory," Biden said in a statement.
He added, "The world sent a clear message in response, which is that Russia cannot erase a sovereign country from the map."
In Paris, French President Emmanuel Macron called on his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to abandon his war in Ukraine, saying the world did not want to see an escalation of violence.
Macron tweeted: "We don't want a world war."
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