The European Union's diplomatic and legal efforts in the light of the Russian-Ukrainian armed conflict
Journal: Drustveni horizonti
Year: 2023

By attacking Ukraine, Russia violated the most basic rule of international law, the prohibition of aggression. Russia's legal arguments for attacking Ukraine are not new: similar legal arguments have already been used on other occasions, by other states. However, these arguments constitute an unprecedented violation of international law which fundamentally shook the existing world order: an order created in part with the participation of the Soviet Union. International law works well if its fram