Moscow's ambassador to NATO says Russia could resort to "Brute force" if NATO or the European Union challenge the UN on Kosovo.

According to Interfax news agency, Dmitry Rogozin in a video link-up from Brussels said, "If the European Union works out a common position, or if NATO breaches its mandate in Kosovo, these organizations will be in conflict with the United Nations."

"We too will have to proceed from the view that in order to be respected we must use Brute force, in other words armed force."