“In accordance with Article 51 of Part 7 of the U.N. Charter … I have decided to conduct a special military operation. Its purpose is to protect people who have been subjected to scorn and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years. And for this purpose, we will strive to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine.”
In a video address on February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military attack on Ukraine after months of denials by Kremlin officials that such an invasion was planned.
“In this connection, in accordance with Article 51 of Part 7 of the U.N. Charter … I have decided to conduct a special military operation. Its purpose is to protect people who have been subjected to scorn and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years. And for this purpose, we will strive to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine.”
Article 51 Part 7 of the U.N. Charter states the right to self-defense when a U.N. member state is under armed attack.
Except that nobody attacked Russia, and Putin’s invocation of the charter is sheer disinformation to support a pretext for what has been widely condemned as violation of international law.
Article 51 Part 7 reads:
“Nothing in the present Charter shall impair the inherent right of individual or collective self-defense if an armed attack occurs against a Member of the United Nations, until the Security Council has taken measures necessary to maintain international peace and security. Measures taken by Members in the exercise of this right of...
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