Moscow Denounces US, UK 'Pointless Strikes' in Red Sea
18:12 13.06.2024 (Updated: 18:42 13.06.2024)
© AP Photo / Mass Communications Specialist 3rd Class Riley GasdiaIn this photo released by the U.S. Navy, the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan, front, and the landing ship USS Carter Hall, back travel through the Red Sea
© AP Photo / Mass Communications Specialist 3rd Class Riley Gasdia
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UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) - On June 7, United Nations said the Allah Ansar movement in Yemen – whose supporters are popularly known as Houthis – had detained 11 UN personnel. Three days later, the Houthis said they detained spies linked to the US Central Intelligence Agency for allegedly carrying out intelligence and sabotage activities in Yemen.
Russia condemns the United States' and United Kingdom's strikes in the Red Sea and considers them "pointless," Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzya said on Thursday.
"[We] condemn the strikes by the US- and UK-led coalition targeting the sovereign territory of Yemen. This aggression is being perpetrated in violation of the UN Charter. It is pointless insofar as it cannot stop the attacks in the Red Sea," Nebenzia said during a meeting of the UN Security Council on the situation concerning Yemen.
Nebenzya said that these "reckless instances" of the use of force by NATO countries leave behind them a stain of blood.