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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

No, Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine (launched on 24 February 2022, following the 2014 annexation of Crimea and support for separatists in Donbas) is not justified under international law, and it fails standard criteria of just war theory according to the large majority of states, legal experts, and analysts.[[1]](https://www.cfr.org/articles/how-russias-invasion-ukraine-violates-internatio

Diplomatic Push to End the Ukraine War US Envoy Steve Witkoff Travels to Russia: Following "constructive" talks in Oslo, Norway, US special envoy Steve Witkoff is traveling to Russia to meet with high-level Russian officials to present proposals for ending the war in Ukraine. The proposals—drafted alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, and Norwegian

Several major international and domestic news stories are dominating global headlines: 1. High-Stakes European Airspace and Sea Tensions Tensions between NATO and Russia have escalated sharply following a series of close-proximity military incidents over Europe: Lithuania Drone Shootdown: Overnight on Tuesday, September 15, Italian fighter jets operating under NATO’s Baltic Air Policing Mission