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For many Russians, Kyiv – Ukraine’s capital city – is the birthplace of their nation. Many even acknowledge the deep cultural ties that exist between the two countries. That said, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, isn’t the first time the two former Soviet republics have been embroiled in bitter conflict. Russia’s recent encroachment on Ukraine went down …
In 1945 the United Nations instituted a charter that made aggressive war (different from defensive war) illegal in international law. Based on the charter’s provisions, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine falls within the confines of aggression crimes. In the Nuremberg trials of 1945-1946, senior leaders of Nazi Germany were convicted on charges of war aggression. The Tokyo war crime trials also …
