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The evaluation of these conditions for moral legitimacy belongs to the prudential judgment of those who have responsibility for the common good." <ref>http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/para/2309.htm</ref>
The evaluation of these conditions for moral legitimacy belongs to the prudential judgment of those who have responsibility for the common good." <ref>http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/para/2309.htm</ref>
==Russia-Ukraine war==
{{See also|NATO war in Ukraine}}
The [[International Criminal Court]] in The Hague (ICJ) ruled that Russia did not finance [[terrorism]] in its defense of separatists in Ukraine and the court refused to find [[Russia]] guilty of downing Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) as [[Ukraine]] had asked.
The case was brought to the ICJ by Ukraine after [[Hillary Clinton]]'s defat in the [[2016 Presidential election]], three years after the [[Maidan coup|U.S.-backed coup in Kiev]] overthrew the [[democratic]]ally-elected President [[Viktor Yanukovych]].
When Russian speakers in [[Donbass]] rebelled against the unconstitutional [[regime change]] which they did not vote for, the [[coup]] leaders in 2014 launched what it called an “anti-terrorist” military operation to put down the rebellion.
Russia responded by helping ethnic Russians with arms and other military equipment. Ukraine claimed to the court that that was in breach of a treaty barring terrorism financing.
But the [[ICJ]] ruled that the treaty only covered [[cash]] transfers made to alleged [[terrorist group]]s. This “does not include the means used to commit acts of terrorism, including [[weapon]]s or training camps,” the Court said in its judgement.
“Consequently, the alleged supply of [[weapon]]s to various armed groups operating in Ukraine… fall outside the material scope” of the anti-terrorism financing convention, the Court ruled. The Court also said it had no evidence to show that any of the armed militias in Donbass fighting against the government could be characterized as terrorist groups.
The ICJ added that the court “rejects all other submissions made by the Ukraine.”
The ruling is highly significant in undermining [[Kiev]]’s claim to be fighting a war against terrorists in Donbass, an essential part of the Ukraine’s and [[the West]]’s narrative in justifying its brutal operation that left more than 10,000 civilians dead.
Russia intervened in the [[Ukrainian civil conflict]] in February 2022 amid indications that Kiev was beginning a new offensive against Donbass. Ukraine and the West had failed to implement the [[Minsk Accords|Minsk peace agreements]] endorsed by the [[U.N. Security Council]].
[[Western alliance]] and Ukrainian officials later admitted they never had any intention of implementing the deal and pretended to buy time to build up its forces against Russia.
== See also==
== See also==