RE: Russian lawmakers authorize Putin to use military force outside the country
03-06-2022, 06:26 AM
03-06-2022, 06:26 AM
Actually, it doesn't matter what is considered status quo ante bellum in this.
There is, to my knowledge, one treaty that settles 'who owns/is in charge of Ukraine', and it's the one that says the Soviet Union (and thus its successor the USSR) handed off the region to the Ukrainian sub government. Until such a time as a different treaty is settled upon by the belligerents, that is the only treaty that matters.
It'd be like if the USA fell apart and Texas later went to war over the return of the Oklahoma panhandle, which was Texan territory until the treaty that joined Texas to the United States of America. Just because Texas historically owned that territory doesn't mean that it didn't trade it to Oklahoma for joining the USA.
There is, to my knowledge, one treaty that settles 'who owns/is in charge of Ukraine', and it's the one that says the Soviet Union (and thus its successor the USSR) handed off the region to the Ukrainian sub government. Until such a time as a different treaty is settled upon by the belligerents, that is the only treaty that matters.
It'd be like if the USA fell apart and Texas later went to war over the return of the Oklahoma panhandle, which was Texan territory until the treaty that joined Texas to the United States of America. Just because Texas historically owned that territory doesn't mean that it didn't trade it to Oklahoma for joining the USA.