Serbia says the U.N. Security Council's decision to set aside a resolution on Kosovo's future is a victory for Belgrade and Moscow. Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica says Friday's move by the Security Council reinforces Serbia's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and is a defeat for those who want independence for Kosovo and its ethnic-Albanian population.

The United States and European powers say it has proven impossible to move forward with a UN Security Council resolution on Kosovo's final status due to Russia's threat of a veto.

Serbia will revise its relations with countries that unilaterally acknowledge the independence of its Kosovo province, the Serbian ambassador to Russia said Friday.

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says Washington is fully committed to achieving independence for Serbia's breakaway Kosovo province, despite Russia's opposition.

Russia's foreign minister said Friday the country's opposition to Kosovo independence without the consent of Serbia is based on respect for international law, not on Moscow's own interests.

Russian experts believe the West has decided to grant Kosovo independence despite objections from Russia and Serbia to the proposal, adding that Russia will veto a UN Security Council vote expected later Friday.

Russia will veto any U.N. Security Council resolution on Kosovo that is unacceptable to Serbia, a senior Russian official said Thursday.

Until now, the European Union has been a firm supporter of resolving the dispute over Kosovo's future status in the UN Security Council. But the EU seems to be acknowledging that this may prove impossible.

Veto-wielding Moscow will reject a new resolution of the UN Security Council, which proposes granting Kosovo independence without Serbia's consent, the Russian envoy to the UN said.

Serbia's accession to the EU must not be predicated on the resolution of the Kosovo problem, the country's ambassador to Russia said Tuesday.

Russia has voiced opposition to a fresh UN Security Council draft resolution on the future of the breakaway Serbian province of Kosovo.

Russian Foreign Ministry said Thursday that Russia would need "several days" to study a U.N. draft resolution designed to secure its support for plans to resolve the dispute over Kosovo's status, according to the ITAR-Tass news agency report.