On the fourth day after Russia’s February 24 armed attack and invasion of Ukraine, President Zelensky made a call for foreigners wishing to defend Ukraine to join the International Legion of Territorial Defense (ILTG), inviting individuals to contact foreign diplomatic missions of Ukraine in their respective countries (you could sign up here). Hundreds of American,…

In our post concerning Ukrainian military pilot Nadiya Savchenko, which can be found here, Anne Quintin and I addressed the International Humanitarian Law (IHL) implications of Russia’s detention and prosecution of the officer, whose ongoing murder trial is postponed pending the outcome of a change of venue motion by the defence. Meanwhile, Ukraine has thrown a judicial…