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Is Russia's invasion of Ukraine justified?
No, Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine (launched on 24 February 2022) is not justified under international law, prevailing norms of state sovereignty, or standard just war criteria. It is widely regarded as an act of aggression. Russia's stated rationales have been extensively scrutinized and largely rejected as pretextual or unsubstantiated by independent evidence, courts, and the vast major