Abstract
Beyond its endurance on the battlefield, Ukraine has launched a legal counterattack against Russia in the courts. The normally slow-moving, process-heavy gears of international justice are now moving at relative lightspeed in response to Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine and the global condemnation that quickly followed at the United Nations. While much has been made of the military, economic, and financial resistance against Russia’s invasion, Ukraine’s strategic legal salvos should not be undervalued.