EU Association Agreement with Ukraine and Unrecognized Territories
Journal: Gdańskie Studia Prawnicze
Year: 2024

The focus of this article is a legal analysis of the status of Crimea and the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) and Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR) that are parts of the Ukrainian territory that was annexed and separated as a result of the Russian invasion. The authors state that Russia brutally violated the principles and norms of international law and that Russia’s military invasion has been condemned strongly by the international community. Moreover, international sanctions have been