The United States is urging the United Nations General Assembly to back its resolution to mark the third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Monday, oppose any amendments and vote no on a rival text drafted by Ukraine and European allies.

The United States’ draft resolution, presented on Friday, places it against Ukraine and the European Union, which have been negotiating with U.N. member states for the last month on their own resolution on the crisis in Ukraine,

The United States has proposed a draft resolution for the U.N. General Assembly that stops far short of a competing European-backed statement demanding an immediate withdrawal of all of Moscow’s forces from Ukraine.