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  • If we consider UN as being the main arbitrator on who gets to launch a war, then to mention a few instances…

    1950: North Korea illegally attacks South Korea.

    1956: Soviet Union illegally invades Hungary.

    1956: Israel / France / UK illegally invade Egypt. All invaders withdraw after UN condemnation and international pressure.

    1964: USA illegally escalates Vietnam War.

    1967: Israel launches the Six-Day War, illegality debated.

    1968: Soviet Union illegally invades Czechoslovakia.

    1973: Egypt and Syria attack Israel.

    1974: Turkey illegally invades Cyprus.

    1978: Vietnam illegally invades Cambodia.

    1979: Soviet Union illegally invades Afghanistan.

    1982: Israel illegally invades Libanon.

    1983: USA illegally invades Grenada.

    1989: USA illegally invades Panama.

    1990: Iraq illegally invades Kuwait. Got their ass kicked by UN-sanctioned forces though so that worked out fine.

    1999: NATO illegally bombs Yugoslavia.

    2003: US and UK illegally invade Iraq.

    2008: Russia illegally invades Georgia.

    2014: Russia illegally invades and annexes Crimea.

    2015: Saudi-Arabia illegally invades Yemen.

    2022: Russia illegally invades Ukraine.

    I probably forgot a few. No ill meaning meant, just missing knowledge.