‚April 1 absurdity‘: Russia takes over rotating presidency of UN Security Council – Moscow to hold discussion on arms exports, where it is expected to lambast Kyiv’s allies; will also convene panels on Mideast amid concerns of hardening rhetoric toward Jerusalem | Timesofisrael

Russia assumed the rotating presidency of the United Nations’ Security Council on Saturday for a month, a move decried as an April Fool’s Day joke by critics.
“As of 1 April, they’re taking the level of absurdity to a new level,” said Sergiy Kyslytsya, Ukraine’s permanent representative, according to The Guardian.
“The security council as it is designed is immobilized and incapable to address the issues of their primary responsibility, that is, prevention of conflicts and then dealing with conflicts,” said Kyslytsya.