Russia on Wednesday used its veto power at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to block a resolution sponsored by the United States and Japan to ban nuclear weapons in outer space.
Russia vetoed a UN resolution proposing a ban on nuclear weapons in space due to concerns about Moscow developing a space-based nuclear device. US President Biden confirmed Russian efforts to create a nuclear anti-satellite weapon. Before…
Russia, as expected, vetoed April 24 a United Nations Security Council resolution crafted in response to reports that the country was developing a nuclear anti-satellite weapon.
Russia vetoed a UN resolution proposing a ban on nuclear weapons in outer space, citing US concerns about Moscow developing a nuclear anti-satellite capability. The US and Japan-backed resolution aimed to uphold the non-proliferation…
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UNITED NATIONS -- Russia on Wednesday vetoed a U.N. resolution sponsored by the United States and Japan calling on all nations to prevent a dangerous nuclear arms race in outer space, calling it "a dirty spectacle" that cherry picks…
Russia will make Nato nuclear weapons in Poland one of its primary targets if they are deployed there, the TASS news agency cited Russian deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying on Thursday.
The world watched two powers — one with not-so-secret weapons, the other with ambiguous arms ambitions — as they threatened each others’ nuclear sites.
Moscow described the security council resolution, which would have called on countries not to deploy weapons of mass destruction in outer space, a ‘dirty spectacle’
"We have heard President Putin say publicly that Russia has no intention of deploying nuclear weapons in space. If that were the case, Russia would not have vetoed this resolution," Jake Sullivan stressed.
Russia vetoed a U.S.- and Japan-sponsored U.N. resolution, opposing the deployment of nuclear weapons in space, during a Wednesday vote among the United Nations' 15-member security council.