
Putin vs. the entire concept of international law
CNN
By invading Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin violated his neighbor's sovereignty and threw the notion of international law out the window. Afraid of one organization, NATO, Putin ignored the principles of another organization, the United Nations, as well as an agreement known as the Budapest Memorandum.
Afraid of one organization, NATO, Putin ignored the principles of another organization, the United Nations, as well as an agreement known as the Budapest Memorandum, signed by Russia and specifically meant to protect Ukraine from invasion.

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