“It is crazy that Russia is a permanent member of the Security Council

The U.S. official said that, if anything, it’s more evidence of the need for a stated American goal: changing the structure of the United Nations.

“It is crazy that Russia is a permanent member of the Security Council after they grossly violated the U.N. Charter,” the official said. “This is really one of many manifestations of how the Security Council and the U.N. broadly need reform.”