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of international law is the prohibition
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against the use of force. This rule is
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codified in Article 2(4) of the United
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Nations Charter. Russia’s invasion of
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Ukraine is a violation of Article 2(4) of
theUnitedNationsCharter,whichstates
that “All Members shall refrain in their
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international relations from the threat
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or use of force against the territorial
integrityorpoliticalindependenceofany
State,orinanyothermannerinconsistent
with the Purposes of the United
Nations.” Also, this invasion violates
▲U.S.PresidentClinton,RussianPresident
Yeltsin,andUkrainianPresidentKravchukafter
the “Minsk Agreements,” in which
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signingtheTrilateralStatementinMoscowon
Russia promised to the international
network.
January14,1994.
communityincludingUkrainein2014to
difficultforRussiatoannextheCrimean
Ukraine, which gained independence
endtheconflictintheDonbasregionand
Peninsula in 2014 or invade Ukraine in
from the Soviet Union on August
acknowledge the autonomy of Ukraine.
2022. As a result, Ukraine, which was
24, 1991, was with a nuclear power
Infact,theInternationalCriminalCourt
placed in an awkward position between
with 1,900 nuclear warheads and
(ICC) has launched an investigation
RussiaandtheWestwithoutanysecurity
2,500 tactical nuclear weapons. The
into war crimes related to the Russian
measures, suffered political chaos and
international community thought of
invasionofUkraine.
becameatargetofRussia.
the nuclear weapons in an internally
There are also allegations that Russia
unstable nation like Ukraine as a
has used thermobaric weapons* during
major threat. In compensation for
the invasion of Ukraine, which are
*The Yamal urope pipeline: A natural gas distribution
system running across four countries including
giving up its nuclear missiles, Ukraine
banned under international law. On
Russia,Belarus,Poland,andGermany.
has demanded economic assistance
February 28, U.S. broadcast television
and security guarantees from the
networks CBS and NBC reported that
international community. In December
the Ukrainian ambassador to the United
1994, in Budapest, Hungary, Russia,
States, Oksana Markarova, said at a
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the United Kingdom, the United States,
parliamentary session on the same day
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and Ukraine signed a “Budapest
that “Russia used vacuum bombs today
Memorandum on Security Assurances”
and these are prohibited by the Geneva
Russia’sviolationofinternational
stipulating that international society
Conventions*.” Since international
law
would ensure the safety of Ukraine
law and international agreements exist
in exchange for giving up its nuclear
to maintain order in the international
One of the most important principles
weapons. The problem, however, was
that this was only a memorandum,
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not a binding agreement. Contrary to
the contents of the memorandum, the
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international community prioritizes
via
its own interests and does not actively
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supportUkraine.Europereceivesnatural
gas and petroleum from Russia through
the Yamal-Europe Gas Pipeline* and
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theEUdependsonRussiaformorethan
40% of its natural gas imports. The
United States also sent troops only to
NATO member states, not the mainland
of Ukraine, to avoid an all-out war with
Russia.IftheBudapestMemorandumon
Security Assurances had been a binding
security agreement, it would have been
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