Russia taunts US: UN should monitor ship attacks in Caribbean, not Red Sea

The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday asked U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to continue providing monthly reports on any further attacks on vessels in the Red Sea by Yemen’s Houthis, spurring Russia to taunt the United States.

“We believe that amid present-day realities, the Security Council would be well advised to monitor attacks on commercial transport in the Caribbean, not the Red Sea,” Russia’s Deputy U.N. Ambassador Anna Evstigneeva told the 15-member body.

Since September, the United States has carried out a campaign of strikes against suspected drug traffickers off the coast of Venezuela. There have been around 20 strikes that have killed more than 80 people. The U.S. has also seized five tankers as it stepped up efforts to curb Venezuelan oil exports.

The United States, speaking after Russia in the Security Council, did not respond to the Russian gibe.