serving. in the european union has told the staff to delete their social media app tiktok from their phones to protect data and increase cybersecurity. it s 7:00am in the morning in singapore, and 1:00am in kyiv, where it s now exactly one year since russia began its full scale invasion of the country. estimates suggest tens of thousands of people have lost their lives but still, both sides remain defiant. on the eve of the anniversary, the united nations adopted a resolution condemning russia s actions and calling for peace as soon as possible. this is how the ukrainian foreign minister reacted to the vote. 1m countries and states of the united nations reiterated their equivocal support to ukraine s territorial integrity and sovereignty and they reiterated their demands to the russian federation to withdraw its armed forces from ukraine within its internationally recognised borders. the us ambassador to the united nations, ambassador linda thomas greenfield, also spoke after
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a resolution demanding that russia immediately and unconditionally withdraw its troops from ukraine. 100 and 41 countries voted in favour. only seven opposed it. the resolution comes on the eve of the first aniversary of russia s invasion which has killed tens of thousands of people, flattened cities and towns, and forced millions to flee their homes. more now on the war in ukraine and my colleague clive myrie was in the capital, kyiv, this time last year and has returned to ukraine, one year on. he s been visiting the city of izyum in the north east of the country, which is blanketed in snow now, to follow the accounts of russian soldiers who d been fighting there, and one ukrainian woman, living through the despair of war.
the goal of the former president s allies is to disenfranchise anyone who votes against them. simple as that. president biden really began this push on voting right after the aniversary of the attack on the capitol. 0ur correspondent gary 0 donoghue explained more about the link between these two things. i think he sees it as all of a piece that the attack on the capitol last year, the attempts by republicans around the country to have results overturned, to block, to change the rules, even right up to that day of the capitol attack where members of congress are trying to overturn things he sees this as all of a piece, with this attempt to change the rules around the country since the election. and these two bills represent a pushback against that and, while there is enough democratic support, 50 plus one to get that through this and that,