The UN Security Council cannot maintain world peace if one of its permanent members is hell-bent on war.
Russia predictably used its veto to block a resolution ordering it to withdraw all troops from Ukraine. And that has prompted calls to reform the 75 year old institution by removing the glue which keeps Russia fixed to the table.
In a sign of Vladimir Putin ’s global isolation even his traditional ally China abstained. And that could signal change is about to come.
