New Delhi: Ahead of the start of the UN General Assembly’s special session, Ukraine and other Western countries have sought India’s support for a draft resolution that calls for lasting peace in the region a year after Russia invaded the former soviet country.On Wednesday afternoon, UN General Assembly will resume its special assembly session in New York. After a long list of speakers, the UNGA is expected to vote on a draft resolution sponsored by Ukraine and 60 other countries on Thursday to mark the first anniversary of the start of the Ukraine war.India has, so far, abstained from all resolutions on Ukraine passed at various UN bodies, whether it was the General Assembly, Security Council, or Human Rights Council.On Tuesday, the head of the Ukrainian President’s office, Andriy Yermak, called National Security Advisor Ajit Doval to seek backing for the draft resolution.As per the statement released by the Ukrainian Presidential office, Yermak told Doval that Ukraine wanted the “broadest possible support for the resolution, in particular from the countries of the Global South”.“Cooperation with India is very important to us. We believe that you will support our resolution because it contains very correct wording regarding the inviolability of borders and territorial integrity. Our goals are transparent and clear: we do not claim a single centimetre of Russian territory, we only want to return our own,” Yermak said, as quoted by the official statement.The Ukrainian readout said that Yermak informed Doval about the current situation on the frontlines, especially the “extremely difficult defence of the city of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region”.He added that while Ukraine continued to “fight on the battlefield, but at the same time has proposed a peace plan”. The readout did not mention if there was any response from the Indian side, but noted that New Delhi had sought a peaceful resolution to the Ukraine war.There was no separate statement from the Indian government about the phone call.Meanwhile, on Wednesday, Germany’s ambassador to India, Philipp Ackerman, told reporters that Germany had “reached out to India to seek out support” on the resolution in the UN General Assembly.He added that while Germany would “love” to have India’s vote, any decision was a “sovereign” matter.A day earlier, French diplomatic sources, according to PTI, had said they were in touch with the Indian side over the vote. But, the French sources had not been hopeful that India would change its position and expected New Delhi to abstain during the voting on the Ukraine resolution.