“#Russia vetoed UN resolution sponsored by US & Japan calling on all nations to prevent a dangerous #nuclear arms race in outer space.

The vote 15-member Security Council: 13 in favor, Russia opposed, China abstaining.

The resolution calls on all countries not to develop or deploy nuclear arms or other weapons of mass destruction in space, as banned under a 1967 international treaty that included the U.S. and Russia, and to agree to the need to verify compliance”
https://apnews.com/article/175d45ddb658729eff060bd8a83b8a55

Russia vetoes a UN resolution calling for prevention of a dangerous nuclear arms race in space

Russia has 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.

^{EDITH M. LEDERER (AP News)}