Ukraine conflict

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The Russian invasion of Ukraine creates significant considerations for commercial practitioners advising on supply chain contracts or other contracts with an aspect relating to Russia or Ukraine. This subtopic compiles links to related Practice Notes, Q&As, News and News Analysis.

For an overview of the wider legal developments of the Ukraine conflict, see Practice Note: Conflict in Ukraine news & analysis tracker—2023 [Archived].

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The Ukraine conflict has seen traditional warfare and military conflict within the geographical parameters of a nation and the increased potential for cyber-attacks affecting both national governments and global corporations. The US, UK, EU and others responded to the invasion by introducing a package of sanctions upon Russia and individual Russians, including financial sanctions, trade embargoes, export controls, and asset-freezes, as well as the removal of certain Russian banks from the SWIFT payment system. Sports boycotts

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