Ukraine news latest – Outrage as Russia takes charge of UN security council & Putin’s ‘tolerance to failure tested’

UKRAINIAN officials have been left furious after Russia took over the presidency of the United Nations’ security council today. Andriy Yermak, the Ukrainian president’s chief of staff, claimed the move was a “symbolic blow” after Russia said it planned to “exercise all its rights” in the role. It comes as Russian General Valery Gerasimov is testing Vladimir Putin’s patience after he failed on the project of gaining Moscow’s full control of the Donbas region in Ukraine. The Ministry of Defence reported: “On several axes across the Donbas front, Russian forces have made only marginal gains at the cost of tens of thousands of casualties, largely squandering its temporary advantage in personnel gained from the autumn’s ‘partial mobilisation’.” The MoD claimed that Gerasimov “is pushing the limits of how far Russia’s political leadership will tolerate failure” after spending 10 years at the CSG. Read our Ukraine war blog below for the latest news…