Some thoughts on the Russian use of armed force in Ukraine

Abstract

The ongoing Russian military activities on the Crimean peninsula are in violation of the general prohibition on the use of force under international law and none of the well-agreed upon exceptions to that prohibition would seem to apply. Instead, the Russian activities constitute an armed attack on Ukraine. Keywords: Use of military force, invitation, occupation, minorities, Ukraine, Russia Citation: Arctic Review on Law and Politics, vol. 5, 1/2014 pp. 146–149. ISSN 1891-6252

Keywords

• Use of military force
• invitation
• occupation
• minorities
• Ukraine
• Russia