Editing Declaration of war (section)

====Russo-Ukrainian War====
No formal declaration of war has been issued in the ongoing [[Russo-Ukrainian War]]. At the beginning of the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]], Putin gave [[On conducting a special military operation|a televised broadcast]] announcing the start of the invasion with the term "[[special military operation]]", side-stepping a formal declaration of war.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://theconversation.com/putins-ukraine-invasion-do-declarations-of-war-still-exist-177880 |title=Putin's Ukraine invasion - do declarations of war still exist? |first1=Rebekah K. |last1=Pullen |first2=Catherine |last2=Frost |work=The Conversation |date=3 March 2022 |access-date=9 October 2023}}</ref> The statement was, however, regarded as a declaration of war by the Ukrainian government<ref>{{cite web |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/ukraine-envoy-to-un-says-russia-declared-war/articleshow/89790558.cms |title=Ukraine's envoy says Russia 'declared war' |work=The Economic Times |date=24 February 2022 |access-date=9 October 2023}}</ref> and reported as such by many international news sources.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/24/putins-speech-declaring-war-on-ukraine-translated-excerpts |title='No other option': Excerpts of Putin's speech declaring war |work=Al Jazeera |date=24 February 2022 |access-date=9 October 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/putin-announces-special-military-operation-in-ukraine/ |title=Battles flare across Ukraine after Putin declares war Battles flare as Putin declares war |first=Zoya |last=Sheftalovic |work=Politico |date=24 February 2022 |access-date=9 October 2023}}</ref> While the Ukrainian parliament refers to Russia as a "terrorist state" in regards to its military actions in Ukraine,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/3457746-vr-recognizes-russia-as-terrorist-state-bans-military-symbols-z-and-v.html |title=Verkhovna Rada recognized Russia as a terrorist state |work=Ukrinform |date=15 April 2022 |access-date=9 October 2023}}</ref> it has not issued a formal declaration of war on its behalf.