Ukraine seeks to strip Russia of UN veto power

‘The Ukrainian government is embarking on an effort to take away from Russia its veto power at the UN Security Council, amid the crisis in eastern Ukraine.

On Wednesday, the Ukrainian parliament adopted a recommendation for the 15-member Security Council to strip Russia of its right to block UN resolutions in cases when “conflicts grow especially fierce.”

The move comes as Ukraine claims Moscow has a hand in a 17-month conflict in eastern Ukraine that erupted in April 2014, an accusation that Kremlin categorically dismisses.’

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