Permanent Representative of Ukraine Kislytsya spoke out against Russia's permanent membership in the UN Security Council

He stated that after the liquidation of the USSR in 1991, Russia did not go through the procedure for joining the UN, provided for by the charter, and declared itself a member of the UN and the Security Council.

According to him, the UN Charter stipulates that "China, France, the Soviet Union, Great Britain and the United States" are permanent members of the Security Council.

“I repeat: the current charter says that the Soviet Union still exists, but does not mention Russia.

However, for 30 years now, some people have been sitting in the hall, putting a sign “Russia” in front of them, and impersonating a member of the UN Security Council!”

Kislitsa says.

In his opinion, "it is necessary to change the charter in order to fix this mess."

He also stated that he had no plans and instructions from Kiev to start a legal appeal against Russia's membership in the UN.

Earlier, Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya called the meeting of the UN Security Council on the situation around Ukraine a provocation.