Territorial Integrity Means Everything
Because Ukraine has made no claim to any Russian land, its recent incursion into Russia’s Kursk region is fundamentally different from the Kremlin’s many violations of Ukrainian territorial integrity. Nonetheless, Ukraine’s surprising offensive has brought a foundational principle of European security back into focus.
STOCKHOLM – Since 2014, Russia has brazenly violated Ukraine’s territorial integrity with incursions, illegal annexations, and a full-scale invasion. And now, Ukraine is violating Russia’s territorial integrity with its own incursion into the Kursk region.