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The diplomat has lashed out at “US-occupied” nations for their vote on a Moscow-sponsored resolution Germany and Japan should not get permanent seats at the UN Security Council after voting against a Russia-sponsored resolution denouncing Nazism, a senior Russian diplomat has suggested.

Such an event would be viable without Ukraine, but not Russia, a top diplomat has said Kiev’s proposal of a so-called “peace summit” amid its conflict with Moscow would be impossible if Russia is not invited, Russia’s First Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Dmitry Polyansky said on Tuesday.