The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) will come together on Friday to mark one-year since the start of Russia's invasion in Ukraine.

On Thursday, the UN overwhelmingly isolated Russia by demanding Moscow withdraw its troops and stop fighting. With a round of applause, the resolution was adopted with 141 votes in favour and 32 abstentions. Six countries joined Russia to vote no — Belarus, North Korea, Eritrea, Mali, Nicaragua and Syria.

And just a day after China's top diplomat visited Moscow and pledged deeper partnership with Russia, Beijing abstained on the vote — the fourth time it has done so on such action since Russia invaded on Feb. 24 last year.

"This resolution is a powerful signal of unflagging global support for Ukraine," President Volodymyr Zelenskyy posted on Twitter after the vote.

Russia's Deputy UN Ambassador Dmitry Polyanskiy dismissed the action as "useless," posting on Twitter: "Will it bring peace? No! Will it embolden warmongers? Yes! Thus prolonging Ukrainian tragedy."

The General Assembly has been the focus for UN action on Ukraine, with the 15-member Security Council paralyzed due to veto power by Russia and the United States along with China, France and Britain.

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