By invading Ukraine in 2014, Russia violated the Agreement on Friendship/Cooperation/Partnership 1997

The first major ceasefire agreement, signed on 5/9/2014 in Minsk, was broken within hours of being signed.

This prompted the second attempted truce, known as Minsk-2, but it was even shorter.

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As we explained to Miller, it would be illegal.

International law prohibits killing unarmed civilians — whether or not the president wants to treat them like terrorists.

He said we didn’t understand international law but dropped the line of questioning.

Until no one was there to stop him.