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Ukraine accuses Russia of ‘terrorism’ in top UN court

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THE HAGUE: Ukraine urged the UN’s top court on Monday to help bring stability to its war-torn east by seeking to convince judges that Russia is “sponsoring terrorism” in its conflict against separatist pro-Russian rebels.


“Today I stand before the court to ask for the protection of the basic human rights of the Ukrainian people,” Kiev’s deputy foreign minister Olena Zerkal told the International Court of Justice in The Hague.


“Thousands of innocent Ukrainians have already suffered deadly attacks,” she said.


“Today I stand before the world to seek protection for the Ukraine from the Russian Federation,” she added, saying that all Kiev was seeking was “a measure of stability and calm in an unpredictable and dangerous situation.”


Ukraine’s representatives are asking the ICJ to impose emergency measures ordering Russia to stop its alleged funnelling of money, weapons and personnel into the east, and to halt what it called “discrimination” against 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 said the case is motivated only “by political interests”.


It has also claimed that Kiev has “shown a lack of will to hold a concrete dialogue.”


Ukraine lodged its case against its former Soviet master at the ICJ in mid-January, saying it had protested for several years against Moscow’s alleged financing of separatist rebels battling Ukrainian government forces. — AFP


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