Originally Posted by
SLXOwft
Unlike the UN authorized intervention in admikar's declared country of residence, Operation Allied Force/Nobel Anvil was a 'Humanitarian Intervention' by NATO alone as it was clear Russia and probably China would veto any resolution for action against Milosevic for refusing to sign the Rambouillet accords. Although they appear to some to have been drafted with the intention of making them unsignable they were very mild compared with Putin's demands on Ukraine. One assumes that NATO did so in the firm belief Russian support for Milosevic would be only words not active force.
I'll switch to passive mode for the time being in expectation of ARMs.
While you are correct on what you wrote, I was talking about world claiming how Russians violated international laws by acknowledging separatist republics, while they were quite eager to accept Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia. Slightly more than 50% of UN members accepted that, including USA, Australia and most of western Europe democracies.