Russia criticised for using veto to end UN monitoring of North Korea sanctions

Ukraine's foreign minister calls veto guilty plea' amid claims Pyongyang is aiding Moscow's war against Kyiv

Russia has blocked the renewal of a UN panel monitoring sanctions against North Korea, weeks after the body said it was investigating reports of arms transfers between Moscow and Pyongyang.

The move was met with a flurry of criticism, including by Ukraine's foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, who took to social media to call the veto a guilty plea" amid allegations that Pyongyang is aiding Moscow in its war against Kyiv.