How Russia’s recognition of breakaway parts of Ukraine breached international law – and set the stage for invasion
- Written by Rowan Nicholson, Lecturer in Law, Flinders University
Vadim Ghirda/APBefore Russia began its invasion of Ukraine, it “recognised” two parts of eastern Ukraine as sovereign states: the so-called people’s republics of Donetsk and Luhansk. That recognition is now central to what both Russia and the West are saying about the invasion.
Why does this kind of state recognition matter so...
