Prisoners of Impunity: What the Global Community Should Know about and Learn from the Russo-Ukrainian War
Journal: Peace Review
Year: 2024

While the world awoke to the horrors of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Russia's military intervention into Ukraine's internal affairs had its roots in 2014 with the annexation of Crimea and the war in Donbas. Long before 2014, Russia had sought to influence Ukraine's electoral outcomes, foreign policy and political alliances, as well as exert economic coercion through trade wars. The overarching imperialist vision of Ukraine has long been evident in political addre