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Tommy Carcetti

(44,499 posts) Thu Apr 28, 2022, 01:38 PM Apr 2022

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Russia hitting Kyiv with missile strikes while UN Secretary General is there.

That's...well I honestly don't know how to characterize Putin's call on this.

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Russia hitting Kyiv with missile strikes while UN Secretary General is there. (Original Post) Tommy Carcetti Apr 2022 OP

I guess that's a negative on the UN for Putin. milestogo Apr 2022 #1

Could they kick Russia out of the Security Council on the technicality.... Tommy Carcetti Apr 2022 #2

Is the Secretary General still in Kyiv? speak easy Apr 2022 #3

A: Yes he is. speak easy Apr 2022 #4

And the Putinistas are probably wondering why The West and its Allies have voted them abqtommy Apr 2022 #5

milestogo

(23,084 posts)

1. I guess that's a negative on the UN for Putin.

Reply to Tommy Carcetti (Original post)

Thu Apr 28, 2022, 01:39 PM

Apr 2022

Tommy Carcetti

(44,499 posts)

2. Could they kick Russia out of the Security Council on the technicality....

Reply to milestogo (Reply #1)

Thu Apr 28, 2022, 01:42 PM

Apr 2022

...that their seat on the Security Council was for the Soviet Union, which no longer exists, and not the Russian Federation?

I doubt they'd try that, but all things being fair, Russia has no business being on the Security Council.

speak easy

(12,598 posts)

3. Is the Secretary General still in Kyiv?

Reply to Tommy Carcetti (Original post)

Thu Apr 28, 2022, 01:44 PM

Apr 2022

speak easy

(12,598 posts)

4. A: Yes he is.

Reply to speak easy (Reply #3)

Thu Apr 28, 2022, 01:57 PM

Apr 2022

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abqtommy

(14,118 posts)

5. And the Putinistas are probably wondering why The West and its Allies have voted them

Reply to Tommy Carcetti (Original post)

Thu Apr 28, 2022, 02:45 PM

Apr 2022

off the island and are actively aiding Ukraine. Once a cultist always a cultist.

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