India, Feb. 25 -- The United States abstained from voting during the 11th Emergency Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on an anti-Russian draft resolution on Ukraine, a development that unfolded as Moscow openly criticized the wording of the proposed text.

The draft resolution, titled Support for lasting peace in Ukraine, was prepared by Ukraine along with a number of European countries and presented before the General Assembly.

According to the results of the vote, 107 countries voted in favor of the document, 12 voted against, and 51 abstained. Countries voting against included Russia, Belarus, Iran, and North Korea. Among those abstaining were Armenia, Brazil, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Serbia, the United States...