The Russian foreign ministry said the resolution contradicts international legal decisions regarding the establishment of the State of Palestine.
"It must be acknowledged that Resolution 2803 does not vest the Security Council with the necessary powers to maintain peace and security, and is contrary to the spirit of genuine peacekeeping and to universally recognized international legal decisions that provide for the creation of an independent and territorially contiguous State of Palestine within the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital, coexisting in peace and security with Israel," the ministry said.
The diplomatic agency added that the humanitarian crisis in Gaza could have been prevented if the United States had not repeatedly blocked draft resolutions calling for an immediate ceasefire.
"The war and the suffering of the civilian population in the enclave could have been stopped long ago if Washington had not methodically, six times over the past two years, used its veto power against draft resolutions demanding an immediate ceasefire," the statement said.
Vasily Nebenzya, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN, also called the US resolution “another pig in a poke” following the vote.
He said Washington’s plan lacked provisions for the demilitarization of Gaza or the disarmament of local armed groups, while assigning peacekeeping forces tasks that could embroil them in the conflict.
"As far as we understand, none of the potential troop-contributing countries signed up for this. At the same time, we note that the council members were essentially given no time to work conscientiously and seek compromises. … To sum it up, the document presented by the United States is another pig in a poke. Essentially, the Council is giving its blessing to the American initiative on parole of Washington," Nebenzya said.
The Russian criticism underscores growing international concern that the resolution prioritizes US strategic interests over legally recognized Palestinian rights and the protection of Gaza’s civilian population.