POLITICAL AND LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM IN THE FRAMEWORK OF SPECIAL MILITARY OPERATION
The international and national regulatory legal framework establishing responsibility for crimes against the peace and security of mankind, as well as against public safety is overviewed. The legal grounds for the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation for the suppression of international terrorist activities outside the territory of the Russian Federation are given. The assessment of the criminal activity of the military- political leadership, the armed forces and other armed formations of Ukraine with the participation of foreign mercenaries, which resulted in an acute crisis in Eastern Europe, is given. The responsibility of the United States and other NATO countries for destabilizing the situation in the region and encouraging international terrorism is emphasized. Conclusions are formulated from the assessment of the military- political situation and it is proposed to determine the status of a special military operation as a strategic counter- terrorist operation in the Theater of Operations