Introduction
Year: 2025

This collection on international law after the Ukraine War has been finalised in February 2025 as the world marks three years since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The invasion followed years of escalating tensions, beginning with Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014, and marks the largest military conflict in Europe since the Second World War. The conflict has reignited debates as to whether international law is ‘true law’, 1 calling into question the relevance of internation