UK blocks UN webcast featuring Russia children’s commissioner, wanted on war crimes charges

Move to deny Moscow's children's commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova a platform comes as she tells parents to write to her to find' their missing children

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Britain has blocked the UN webcast of an informal security council meeting on Ukraine on Wednesday at which Russia's commissioner for children's rights - wanted by the international criminal court on war crimes charges - is due to speak.

The meeting this week will focus on evacuating children from conflict zone" and Russia said on Tuesday that commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova would feature virtually. Such meetings are not held in the security council chamber and all 15 council members have to agree to allow it to be webcast by the United Nations.