THE HAGUE: Kiev will seek to convince the UN’s top court Monday that Moscow is “sponsoring terrorism” in a bloody conflict involving separatist pro-Russian rebels, as tensions escalate in war-torn eastern Ukraine.
Ukraine’s representatives will also ask the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to take emergency measures ordering Russia to stop its alleged funnelling of money, weapons and personnel into the east, and to halt what it called “discrimination” of minorities in Russian-occupied Crimea.
It is also seeking compensation for attacks on civilians in nearly three years of conflict.
Moscow has long denied arming the rebels and has hit back that the case …read more
Source: The Manila Times
