Russia assumes the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council as of today .
Something that has been known for some time, given that the Security Council is made up of 15 members (5 permanent and with veto power) and that each state assumes the office of president in turn, with rotation that takes place every month in alphabetical order. The next meeting will be chaired by Foreign Minister Lavrov.
It is the first time that Moscow has assumed the president's role as an aggressor country for Ukraine, but according to various experts, it will not have the opportunity to influence the progress of the work for this reason .
Yet Kiev goes on the attack, fearing that Russia will abuse its position: "The Russian presidency is a slap in the face to the international community , I urge the current members of the UN Security Council to oppose any Russian attempt to abuse the presidency," he says Foreign Minister of Ukraine Dymytro Kuleba . "I also remember - adds Kuleba - that Russia is an outlaw in the United Nations Security Council, its presence in the United Nations is illegitimate ".
“It is the complete failure of these institutions,” thunders President Zelensky . «Today a terrorist state has begun to preside over the UN Security Council. Yesterday, the Russian army killed another Ukrainian baby, a five-month-old baby, as it continues to bombard every day with hundreds of rounds of
artillery".
“It is very significant that on the day of celebration of one terror state, Iran, another terror state, Russia, begins to preside over the United Nations Security Council. It's not just a shame. It is another symbolic blow to the system of rules of international relations », instead tweeted the chief of staff of the Ukrainian presidency, Andrij Yermak .