US accuses Russia, China of covering for North Korea at UN

North Korea's Kim Jong Un, center, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, left, and Chinese Communist Party politburo member Li Hongzhon attend a military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the Korean War armistice, in Pyongyang, North Korea, July 27, 2023. [AP Photo]

The United States on Friday accused China and Russia of blocking a unified U.N Security Council response to North Korea's missile launches, including Thursday's attempt by Pyongyang to put a spy satellite in space.

During an emergency Security Council meeting, 13 of the 15 members all but Moscow and Beijing condemned Pyongyang's second spy satellite test in three months, which used ballistic missile technology.