Ukraine believes Russia’s UN, UNSC membership illegitimate

Speaking at a UN Security Council meeting on 24 February almost immediately after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Serhiy Kyslytsia, Ukraine’s permanent representative to the UN, raised an important question of how legally Russia has become a member of the UN Security Council instead of the USSR. This issue was largely ignored in the press amid … Continue reading Ukraine believes Russia’s UN, UNSC membership illegitimate