On February 24th America sided with Russia and North Korea in voting against a UN resolution proposed by its European allies that blamed Russia for invading Ukraine. It then pushed through its own resolution in the Security Council with the support of Russia and China that called for a “swift end” to the war,

European leaders visited Kyiv to mark the war’s third anniversary. The show of solidarity in Ukraine on Monday comes at a head-spinning moment for the continent.

A dramatic day of high stakes diplomacy at the United Nations on Monday exposed growing cracks in the transatlantic relationship.

The US has aligned with Russia in two UN votes marking the third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, signaling a shift in the Trump administration's stance. At the UN General Assembly, the US opposed a European resolution condemning Russia and backing Ukraine's territorial integrity,

The United States opposed a resolution demanding Russian withdrawal from Ukraine, but won Security Council approval of one calling for peace without assigning blame, exposing fissures between allies.