From: The Guardian February 25, 2025
Kremlin welcomes ‘more balanced’ US stance on Ukraine after UN vote

Moscow praises Washington for siding with it, at UN as European countries abstain in sign of deepening rift with US

The Kremlin has welcomed what it said was a “much more balanced” US stance on Ukraine after the Trump administration pushed through a UN security council UNSC resolution on the war that included no criticism of Russia.

The Kremlin spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, said the move was evidence of Washington’s willingness to try to find a peaceful settlement.

Moscow backed the resolution, which was passed late on Monday, although European countries abstained, in a sign of a deepening rift with Washington.

In a simple three-paragraph motion on the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion, the US
1. took a neutral position on the war
2. and called for a “swift end” to the conflict and “lasting peace”.

Trump administration presented a sharply different tone to that of the Biden's which had supported Ukraine throughout.

While security council UNSC resolutions are considered binding, general assembly UNGA resolutions are not.
However, general assembly resolutions carry diplomatic and political gravity as they illuminate the global consensus on issues.