Russia threatens to ‘reassess collaboration’ with UN chief over drone inspection
by Patrick Wintour from World news | The Guardian on (#64YKQ)
Ambassador denies drones fired on Ukraine are supplied by Iran and calls UN investigation illegitimate'
Russia has threatened that it will reassess cooperation with the United Nations secretary general, Antonio Guterres, if he sends United Nations experts to Ukraine to inspect drones that western powers say were made in Iran and used by Moscow in violation of a UN resolution.
Speaking after a closed-door UN security council meeting on Moscow's use of drones, Russia's deputy UN ambassador, Dmitry Polyanskiy, called on Guterres and his staff to abstain from engaging in any illegitimate investigation". He also threatened Russia would withdraw from the grain deal that has allowed Ukrainian grain to be transported out of Black Sea ports.
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