



Yes, this is a classic state-on-state international armed conflict which, in accordance with common Article 2 of the 1949 Geneva Conventions, triggers their full application. They are by no means full dissertations on often complicated applications of the law, but will-hopefully-help you get started with your own assessment. With intense fighting underway in the Ukraine, this post in our seriesis designed to give brief answers to some law of armed conflict questions this invasion and subsequent crisis has generated.
