Zelenskyy doubled down on attacking the UN Security Council, saying it's 'unable' to function as long as Russia's a member

• Ukraine's president said the UN Security Council is "unable to carry out the functions for which it was created."
• He said this was because Russia remained a member of the council.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy continued his attacks on the United Nations Security Council, saying it is "unable" to function as long as Russia remains a member.

Zelenskyy said in a Tuesday night speech: "The UN Security Council exists, and security in the world doesn't. For anyone."

"This definitely means that the United Nations is currently unable to carry out the functions for which it was created.

"And only one state is to blame for this — Russia, which discredits the UN and all other international institutions where it still participates. Well, not exactly participates ... Tries to block everything constructive and use global architecture in order to spread lies and justify the evil it does."

Russia is one of the five permanent members of the security council and has veto power.

The remarks came hours after Zelenskyy gave a fiery speech to the UN Security Council itself.

He called on the council to remove Russia as a permanent member, adding: "If there is no alternative and no option, then the next option would be dissolve yourself altogether."

He also said that Russia's actions in Ukraine were "no different from other terrorists" like ISIS, but said that "here it is done by a member of the United Nations Security Council."

He said then that the UN's mission had failed if Russia was able to invade.

"So where is the peace that the UN was created to guarantee? It is obvious that the key institution of the world, which must ensure the coercion of any aggressors to peace, simply cannot work effectively," he said.