An image of Canadian hip hop artist Drake was used by Kyiv to criticize Russia's status as a UN permanent member on the Security Council.
The tweet carried two images on top of each other of Drake in a practice known as"Drakeposting," in which still shots from the 2015 video of the Canadian hip hop artist's song"Hotline Bling" are set next to messages of disdain.
Along with the U.S., France, the U.K. and China, Russia's position as a permanent member gives it the power to veto Security Council resolutions. Kyiv has criticized Russia's place at the top table of diplomacy while it faces international condemnation for its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Russia's United Nations representative Vassily Nebenzia at a Security Council meeting on June 6, 2023 in New York City. Ukrainian government organization SPRAVDI has criticized the U.N. for allowing Russian to remain a permanent member.The first message in the meme read"kick Russia out of UNSC" and the other said"sue a Ukrainian who put a sticker on a car."
This referred to an image SPRAVDI also tweeted of U.N. cars in Kyiv upon which local resident Yosyp Husak had affixed placards which converted the logo to read"useless."
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