SITTING ON THE GLOBAL FENCE. ‘NON-ALLIED’ COUNTRIES AND RUSSIAN WAR IN UKRAINE: (IM)POSSIBLE ENGAGEMENT
Journal: Rocznik Centrum Studiów nad Ukrainą
Year: 2026

Th e unprovoked Russian aggression against Ukraine that precipitated in 2022 into an all-out war, evoked a broad condemnation all over the world but the practical measures against the aggressor state varied remarkably at the national level. Th e major dividing line ran between the wealthy liberal democratic states of the so called ‘fi rst world’ and less advanced and mostly authoritarian countries of the ‘Global South’. While the former group introduced a broad range of sanctions against Russian