“This is Russia’s aggressive war against Ukraine, which is a blatant violation of international law,” NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said.

“And according to international law, Ukraine has the right to self-defense. And it also includes strikes against legitimate military targets, Russian military targets outside of Ukraine. That’s international law, and of course, Ukraine has the right to do that to defend itself.”

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    9 months ago

    Because it’s an arbitrary line that has no legal, moral or historical ground. It’s just Putin trying to bully other countries to not help Ukraine. And like any other bully, sometimes you just need to get past over empty threats