Overview
- Deputy UN envoy Dmitry Polyansky condemned Ukraine after it opposed the General Assembly resolution on ending the U.S. embargo on Cuba.
- Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sibiha said Kyiv will close its embassy in Havana, marking a clear downgrade in relations with Cuba.
- Polyansky invoked Cuba’s care for Ukrainian children after the 1986 Chernobyl disaster to label Kyiv’s actions ungrateful.
- The resolution passed 165–7 with 12 abstentions, continuing a nonbinding annual practice the Assembly has maintained since 1992.
- Countries voting against included the United States, Israel, Hungary, Ukraine, North Macedonia, Argentina and Paraguay, and Cuba’s foreign minister alleged U.S. pressure on states before the vote.