“The meeting of the UN Security Council was convened at the request of Ukraine and will be held on Thursday at 15:00 in New York (22:00 Moscow time - RT ),” Ukrinform quotes him.

At the same time Nikolenko thanked the delegation of Germany, which currently chairs the UN Security Council, as well as other partners "for the prompt response" to the relevant request from Kiev.

On April 24, Russian leader Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the simplified acquisition of citizenship by residents of Donbass.

Subsequently, Ukraine requested an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council because of this decision.