Russia Ukraine war, page-223696

UN GA! You can't be serious. Prove the grounds? You sound very naive Max. Putin does not have to justify anything, because the international law has been buried long time ago Max. I am not saying that it is right. I am just saying that rules don't exist because other countries have done similar without any consequences.

"It is a grey area, an area of ambiguity. The US made a case for humanitarian action as part of its justification for war in Iraq. Putin is showing that the world is not determined by law but too often by power. He has challenged the power of the US and NATO.

The NATO intervention in the former Yugoslavia was also justified on humanitarian grounds. That intervention led to further expansion of NATO, something Putin has used as his own pretext for military action.
In both cases the US and NATO were accused of breaches of international law.

International law, it seems, matters only when it suits. But for now, Vladimir Putin, as other nations have done, can flout law and create his own pretext for military action."

Invasion? Incursion? How do we describe what Putin and Russia are doing in Ukraine? - ABC News