The UN General Assembly voted a resolution declaring the annexation of Crimea to Russia illegal with 100 votes "for", 11 "against" and 58 abstentions.
Montenegro was among the countries that supported the result.
The UN General Assembly held a session at the request of Ukraine two weeks after Russia vetoed the draft resolution on the Crimean referendum in the UN Security Council.
Unlike the Security Council, the General Assembly does not have the right of veto, and the resolutions are not legally binding, but reflect the opinion of the world, according to AP.
Earlier today, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Deshchytsia called on the General Assembly to vote on a resolution to "affirm the UN Charter, instead of demeaning it."
"Russia is grossly trampling on the territorial integrity of Ukraine, even though it is a permanent member of the UN Security Council and as such should maintain world peace and security," he said.
Before the vote, Russian officials expressed the Kremlin's "very negative attitude" to the resolution.
"We think that this document is politically motivated and out of touch with reality," said Deputy Head of Russian Diplomacy Gennady Gatilov.
Russia's UN representative, Vitaly Churkin, said before the vote that it was counterproductive to resist the results of the referendum in Crimea, which "has already played its historic role."
The spokesman of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Yevgeny Perebjinis, said earlier that the goal of the resolution is for the UN to "confirm the territorial integrity of Ukraine and call for the prevention of recognition of changes to the statute of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea based on an illegal referendum."
Two weeks ago, in the UN Security Council, the draft resolution declaring the referendum on the status of Crimea invalid was supported by 13 countries, Russia vetoed it, and China abstained.
The following day, a referendum was held in which more than 95 percent of citizens in Crimea voted for independence and joining the Russian Federation.
A week later, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law making the Crimean peninsula part of Russia again.
How who voted
The resolution was adopted with 100 votes in favor, 11 against and 58 abstentions, and more than 20 countries did not participate in the vote. Among the countries that did not vote were Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Israel, Iran and the UAE...
Armenia, Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, DR Korea, Nicaragua, Russia, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela and Zimbabwe voted against, while Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, China, Egypt, India, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, South Africa are among the 58 abstentions. Republic.
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