UNGA passes resolution demanding Russia stop Ukraine war: 141 for, 5 against, 35 abstain

The 193-member United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday voted on the resolution titled "aggression against Ukraine" after hearing 120 speeches. India and China refrained from voting at the UNGA resolution that strongly deplores the Russian invasion of Ukraine and seeks an end to it.

India, China, Iran, Iran, Pakistan and 30 others abstained from voting against Russia at the UNGA. Of the total votes, 141 were in favour of the resolution, 5 against, 35 abstentions. India is to address the UNGA on the reason for its vote.

What to know on Day 7 of the Russian assault

On the seventh day of the war, Russia intensified its attacks on crowded Ukrainian cities and a lengthy convoy of tanks and other vehicles advanced towards the capital, Kyiv.  The 64-kilometre convoy of hundreds of Russian tanks and other vehicles is on a road to Kyiv, a city with almost 3 million people. The West feared that it was Kremlin's bid to topple the government and install a Kremlin-friendly regime.

In Kharkiv, Russia continued striking the regional police and intelligence headquarters. The airstrike blew off the roof of the five-storey police building. According to the emergency service, at least four people were killed and nine were wounded. 

Meanwhile, Moscow has defended a strike on the main TV tower in Kyiv. Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said that the strike was aimed at disabling Ukraine's ability to stage "information attacks." 

Violence elsewhere in Ukraine

Two cruise missiles targeted a hospital in the northern city of Chernihiv, The hospital's main building suffered damage and officials were working to determine the casualty toll.

Hit by multiple sanctions, Russia found itself increasingly isolated which has thrown its economy into turmoil. Leading Russian bank Sberbank announced that it was pulling out of European markets amid tightening Western sanctions. The bank said its subsidiaries in Europe were facing an “abnormal outflow of funds and a threat to the safety of employees and branches,” according to Russian news agencies. 

The EU and US have levied sanctions on Russian banks and its elite, frozen the assets of Russia's central bank located outside the country and excluded its financial institutions from the SWift bank messaging system.