Russia failed to win enough votes in the UN Security Council for a resolution it initiated to investigate attacks on the Nordstream pipeline, CNN reports..

Only three countries voted in favor of the proposed resolution, twelve countries abstained.

The proposed resolution needed at least nine votes in favor to pass, but the United States, as well as China, France, or the United Kingdom, could still veto the move if they so desired..

US Ambassador Robert Wood said in the Security Council that the United States had nothing to do with the attack on the pipelines. He also questioned Russia's attempts to pass the resolution after the majority of UNSC members expressed dissatisfaction with the idea..

Vasily Nebenzya, Russian ambassador to the UN, in turn, said that "

This week, the Security Council will also meet due to threats from Russian dictator Vladimir Putin to place tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus..

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The President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin stated that the US intelligence services were involved in the explosions at the Nord Stream.

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