gen·o·cide
/ˈjenəˌsīd/
noun
the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group
"a campaign of genocide"
https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/genocide.shtmlDefinition:
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
Article II
In the present Convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:
Killing members of the group;
a. Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
b. Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;
c. Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;
d. Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.
Elements of the crime:
The Genocide Convention establishes in Article I that the crime of genocide may take place in the context of an armed conflict, international or non-international, but also in the context of a peaceful situation. The latter is less common but still possible. The same article establishes the obligation of the contracting parties to prevent and to punish the crime of genocide.
As we see the Russian Federation apparently under the dictatorship of Vladimir Putzin {sic} is engaged in a campaign of genocide against the people and nation of Ukraine.
Is there any legal justification for this campaign of genocide against Ukraine
Or is it simply a criminal act to increase the assets and power of the Russian Federation
Is Vladimir Putzin {sic} and the military that supports him guilty of War Crimes and 'crimes against Humanity'
And finally is there ever a justification for Genocide