Dozens of delegates walk out of Russia’s speech to UN rights council

GENEVA (Reuters) – Dozens of dignitaries walked out of Russia’s speech to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Wednesday, in support of Ukraine.

The delegates, including the ambassadors of France, Germany and Britain, gathered outside of the room where the session was taking place, to mark three years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

(Reporting by Olivia Le Poidevin in Geneva, editing by Rachel More)