Ā Ā Ā Ā For over three years, the Russian government has conducted a brutal military invasion, occupation, and annexation of Ukraineāthe largest and most devastating military operation in Europe since World War II. Defying Russiaās international obligationsāincluding a peace treaty it signed with Ukraine, a ruling by the International Court of Justice demanding Russia halt its military operations in Ukraine, the UN Charter, and repeated UN General Assembly condemnations of Russian behavior by an overwhelming majority of the worldās nationsāthe Putin regime has stubbornly persisted with Russiaās imperialist aggression against its smaller, weaker neighbor.