Thread by @UmlandAndreas

Misunderstanding of the sad events in Ukraine continues:

Most observers still seem oblivious to the fact that not only Ukraine but humankind's legal order and security system are being destroyed.../1

@SCEEUS_UI @Konflikt_Sicher @GSPSipo @TerekMedia @LawUkrainian @ictopyk

Every new Russian action of mass terror against Ukrainian civilians and subsequent international inaction or half measure confirm: Even the most bloodthirsty might will remain right if one is sufficiently ruthless.../2

@rightsinrussia @SakharovCentre @DUF_Forum @IDMVienna

Russia is an official nuclear-weapon state under the #NPT & allowed to have atomic arms. Since 2014, it has been punishing the non-nuclear-weapon state Ukraine for its weakness & for being forbidden, by the NPT, to possess atomic arms.../3

@USNPT @EU_NonProlif @TheNonproReview

Moscow’s message to the world is: "International law & organizations are over! Weapons and actions of mass destruction are the future. Don't be naive, and better make your conclusions soon. Otherwise, you may end up in the shoes of the Ukrainians..." /END

@Voe_Blog @IntlLawBlog

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PS: Nicholas Martin @meilaoban @FrauenhoferISI objects to my alarmism and refers to other violations of international law and order:

https://twitter.com/meilaoban/status/1667454585051414529?t=b2ldACQVP3a1-Wsy-V_KGw&s=19

My response:

Equivalents for Russia's annexations 2014 & 2022, mass murder of civilians in Mariupol, Bucha etc 2022, and explosion of the #KakhovkaDam 2023 are rare. This is not war against expansionist states like Iraq or Serbia, but a permanent UNSC member's genocide of a peaceful neighbor.

There was no perfect order & full observation of international law & human rights before. But the Russian type of assault with its utilization of:

(A) the NPT & UNSC for an expansion of state territory, &

(B) purposeful interstate mass terror against civilians

is innovative.

PS: A 1977 addition to the #GenevaConvention explicitly forbids the explosion of water reservoirs for military purposes. The #KakhovkaDam is one of the world's largest such viaducts.

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