India abstained today from voting in the UN Human Rights Council which looked to establish a commission of inquiry in the light of Russia’s military operation in Ukraine.
The 47-member Council voted on a draft resolution on the situation of human rights in Ukraine. The resolution was adopted with 32 votes in favour, two against (Russia and Eritrea) an 13 abstentions, including India, China, Pakistan, Sudan and Venezuela.
India has abstained on two resolutions on Ukraine in the 15-nation Security Council and one in the 193-member General Assembly in the last week.
On the ninth day of ongoing invasion, the Russian troops occupied the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear power plant. As per Ukraine’s State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate (SNRIU), a fire broke out at the training building outside the NPP which was extinguished by 6:20 AM (Ukraine Time). The agency further informed that the ZNPP power units remain intact, unit 1’s reactor compartment auxiliary buildings have been damaged, which does not affect the safety of the unit.
The Russian forces have already captured Ukraine’s southern city of Kherson while attacks on Kharkiv, Mariupol, and Chernihiv among others are continuing, with Putin looking to close in on Kyiv.
