Nazism, Genocide and the Threat of The Global West. Russian Moral Justification of War in Ukraine
Journal: Etikk i praksis - Nordic Journal of Applied Ethics
Year: 2023

A few public actions prepared the way for the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the purpose of which was to define a special military operation as forced, necessary and inevitable. The use of armed force against Ukraine was discussed during those public events. The Russian authorities applied many arguments, and a great deal of attention was paid to the moral justification of war. In this article, I consistently analyze three problems: why did Russian officials use moral language to justify the war,