Russia again mixed it up with its Western opponents in the latest Security Council sparring match on Thursday as the U.N. secretary-general returned from the region. Watch it here.
A thorough examination of legal precedent is necessary before coming to snap conclusions about Russia’s invasion, including what St. Thomas Aquinas has to do with Vladimir Putin, writes Joe Lauria.
Scott Ritter, in part one of a two-part series, lays out international law regarding the crime of aggression and how it relates to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
A U.N. Security Council meeting Thursday on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine again pitted Russia’s ambassador against the United States and its allies on the council. Watch it here.
The settlement of the Ukraine war or its escalation to a NATO-Russia conflict with all that entails comes down to how far Ukraine will go to get the Western alliance involved in its war, writes Joe Lauria.
The U.N. Security Council again met in emergency session on Wednesday night in New York as Russia began its military operation in Ukraine. Watch the entire session here.
The U.N. Security Council met in emergency session Monday night after Russia recognized the independence of Donbass and deployed its troops there in what it called a peacekeeping role.
There’s been no intelligence revealed at State Dept. briefings, to the U.N., to European allies or Ukraine, but the U.S. wants everyone to believe they’re telling the truth about an imminent Russian invasion and its “kill lists,” writes Joe Lauria.