Ukraine

Businesses in Scotland are being urged to withdraw from trading with Russia, following its invasion of Ukraine. Finance and Economy Secretary Kate Forbes has asked companies to take economic action by reviewing operations for links and connections to Russia and severing them.

The Council of the Law Society of Scotland passed a resolution on Ukraine and international rule of law when it met today which condemned the ongoing illegal invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces. The Council of the Law Society of Scotland:

UNESCO's director-general has called for Ukraine's cultural heritage to be protected in the wake of Russia's invasion of the country. Audrey Azoulay said the cultural heritage of Ukraine "includes its seven world heritage sites – notably located in Lviv and Kyiv; the cities of Odessa and Khark

The International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan is to proceed with an investigation into the invasion of Ukraine. He said in a statement that there was "a reasonable basis to proceed with opening an investigation".

Ukraine has filed an application instituting proceedings against the Russian Federation before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) concerning “a dispute ... relating to the interpretation, application and fulfilment of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of G

A preschool in north-eastern Ukraine was hit on Friday morning with widely-banned cluster munitions while civilians took shelter inside, killing three of them, including a child, and wounding another child, Amnesty International has said. The attack appears to have been carried out by Russian forces

Dr Aurel Sari, director of the University of Exeter’s Centre for International Law and fellow of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe and Allied Rapid Reaction Corps comments on the legal aspects of the invasion of Ukraine. Much about Russia’s intervention in Ukraine is unclear,