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AP Explains: Russia and China veto US resolution calling for Gaza cease-fire | AP News

AP Explains: Russia and China veto US resolution calling for Gaza cease-fire | AP News

Russia and China vetoed a U.S.-sponsored United Nations resolution supporting “an immediate and sustained cease-fire” in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, calling the measure ambiguous and saying it was not the direct demand to end the fighting that much of the world seeks. (March 22)

Russia and China vetoed a U.S.-sponsored United Nations resolution supporting “an immediate and sustained cease-fire” in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, calling the measure ambiguous and saying it was not the direct demand to end the fighting that much of the world seeks. (March 22)