title: Russian Aggression against Ukraine in 2022 under Jus ad Bellum
abstract: Russian Aggression against Ukraine in 2022 under Jus ad Bellum On 24 February 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion against Ukraine. This invasion marks a new milestone in the ongoing armed struggle between the two states since 2014, when Russia annexed a part of Ukraine, namely Crimea and Sevastopol and supported armed resistance in the Eastern part of the country. President Putin pointed to a number of international legal justifications for the invasion, i.e. self-defense, humanitarian i
journal: Hungarian Yearbook of International Law and European Law