Russia announced its condemnation of the Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia.

  Russia's permanent representative to the United Nations, Vasily Nebenzia, said today, Thursday, that his country "condemns the intensification of attacks on the territory of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia."

He said that Moscow calls on the parties to the conflict in Yemen for an immediate ceasefire and the start of negotiations under the auspices of the United Nations.

During the UN Security Council session, he expressed Russia’s concern about "the escalation in the Marib Governorate and other parts of Yemen."