Russia leads UN Safety Council in ‘worst April Idiot’s joke,’ Ukraine says

Russia took over the United Nations Safety Council on Saturday in what Ukraine’s International Minister dubbed “the world’s worst April Idiot’s joke.”

Whereas Moscow’s brutal war in Ukraine rages on, Russia took the helm of the council — which has a month-long presidency that rotates amongst its 15 member nations — as the brand new month started.

Ukraine’s high international diplomat was outraged by the truth that the nation run by Vladimir Putin, an accused war criminal, shall be main the council whose major accountability is sustaining worldwide peace.

“The nation which systematically violates all elementary guidelines of worldwide safety is presiding over a physique whose solely mission is to safeguard and shield worldwide safety,” Ukraine’s International Minister Dmytro Kuleba stated, calling the change in management “the world’s worst April Idiot’s joke.”

Ukraine’s presidential adviser Mykhaylo Podolyak additionally condemned Russia’s assumption of the council presidency, calling it “one other rape of worldwide legislation.”

“An entity that wages an aggressive warfare, violates the norms of humanitarian and legal legislation, destroys the UN Constitution, neglects nuclear security, can’t head the world’s key safety physique,” Podolyak stated.

The final time Russia headed the council was in February 2022, the month when it invaded Ukraine.