Russia vetoes UN resolution calling for ceasefire in Sudan [Video]

UNITED NATIONS –

Russia vetoed a UN resolution Monday calling for an immediate ceasefire in the war between Sudan’s military and paramilitary forces and delivery of humanitarian aid to millions in desperate need.

Russia’s ally China supported the resolution sponsored by the United Kingdom and Sierra Leone, along with all other UN Security Council members, but Moscow’s veto doomed the measure.

U.K. Foreign Minister David Lammy, who chaired the meeting, told the council afterward: “This Russian veto is a disgrace. … While Britain works with our African partners, Russia vetoes their will.”

“How many more Sudanese have to be killed, how many more women have to be raped, how many more children have to go without food before Russia will act?” he asked.

Sudanplunged into conflict in April 2023, when long-simmering tensions between its military and paramilitary leaders erupted in the capital, Khartoum, and spread to other regions, including western Darfur, which was …