Ukraine routinely bucks US interests at the United Nations
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Ukraine has consistently turned down US interests at the United Nations, even after receiving substantial military aid following Russia’s invasion in 2022, as per State Department data analyzed by The Post.

After years of skirmishes, Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 — initiating a bloody ongoing conflict which has cost hundreds of thousands of lives. The invasion also marked the beginning of a gusher of US military and government aid, with at least $175 billion so far being allocated, according to the Council on Foreign Relations.

That same year, however, Ukraine voted differently than the US on 31% of measures brought before the United Nations General Assembly, according to the data, which shows that the US was in closer alignment with Albania (27%) Iceland (30%) and Micronesia (22%).

As the war raged in 2023, Ukraine’s record slightly improved — voting differently in 24% of cases.

But many of Ukraine’s actions have been in direct opposition to the United States’ position in powderkeg regions, such as the Middle East.

Just days after Hamas terrorists invaded Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, the UN passed Resolution ES-10/21 calling for an “immediate and sustained” humanitarian truce.

The US led a bloc of 14 nations to oppose it. Ukraine abstained — and did so again in a follow-up resolution demanding a ceasefire in December 2023, which was also opposed by the US.

In November 2023 the United Nations voted to demand the United States lift its trade embargo on Cuba —  with only Israel and the US voting against it. Ukraine abstained.

“I think its disgraceful that a country that is so reliant on the largesse of the United Sates to keep them viable as a nation-state refuses to back our plays in the United Nations and shows that they would rather kowtow to . . . somebody else when we’re the ones keeping them safe,” Jim Hanson, a international affairs consultant in D.C., told The Post.

Among the nations, Israel’s voting record was most closely aligned to the United States with a voting coincidence of over 90% in both years. Last year’s data is expected to be released by the end of March.

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