UN diplomats stage walkout during Russian discussion on children's rights

Diplomats for the US, Britain, Albania and Malta walked out on a Russian envoy for children's rights at a UN security council meeting on Wednesday. Russia's Maria Lvova-Belova spoke to the council via video link, discussing the 'evacuation of children from conflict zones'. Lvova-Belova, along with the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, were issued arrest warrants by the International criminal court after being accused of illegally deporting children from Ukraine to Russia since the invasion began. The US ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, told reports that the US had joined Britain in blocking the webcast so Lvova-Belova did not have 'an international podium to spread disinformation and try to defend her horrible actions'.