Zelensky courts nonaligned nations at UN General Assembly

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is seeking to convince more countries that are neutral on the war in Ukraine to back Kyiv over Russia.

will address the U.N. General Assembly in New York Tuesday in an effort to convince nonaligned nations on the sidelines of the conflict to back Kyiv over Russia.

"The [U.N. General Assembly] offers Zelensky a chance to spend a bit of time lobbying the non-Western countries that have tried to stay nonaligned in the war," said Richard Gowan, the UN Director for the International Crisis Group.The U.S. and its allies have spent billions supporting Ukraine in an effort to stop Russia from expanding its sphere of influence in Eastern Europe. President Biden made a forceful case for continuing to back Ukraine in his annual address Tuesday to the U.N.

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