UNITED NATIONS — Russia on Wednesday vetoed a U.N. resolution sponsored by the United States and Japan calling on all nations to prevent a dangerous nuclear arms race in outer space, calling it “a dirty spectacle” that cherry-picks weapons of mass destruction from all other weapons that should also be banned.

Moscow described the security council resolution, which would have called on countries not to deploy weapons of mass destruction in outer space, a ‘dirty spectacle’

The United Nations on Monday debated Russia's recent veto of a resolution that would have called on countries to prevent a nuclear arms race in outer space. Why it matters: The debate came days after U.

Russia has defended its veto of a U.N. resolution calling on all nations to prevent a nuclear arms race in outer space.