The UN Security Council is unlikely to publish a press statement on North Korea’s missile tests because of Russia’s month-long opposition, Voice of America (VOA) reported on Tuesday.

After Pyongyang’s mid-range ballistic missile tests on April 28, members of the Security Council discussed publishing the statement. It took only one day to release a statement against the DPRK’s submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) on April 23.

“Russia blocked (the statement),” an unnamed U.S. representative for the UN told VOA last Wednesday.

Russia denied the news, instead blaming the U.S. and Japan. Russia asked for amendments to the statements, saying they should mention “military activity in