UN court declares partial jurisdiction over Ukraine's lawsuit against Russia. Kiev sued Moscow before the ICJ for alleged abuse of the Genocide Convention.
The court will decide whether or not Ukraine committed genocide in the Russian-occupied Donetsk and Luhansk regions of eastern Ukraine. Moscow claims to justify its invasion by saying the population of Russian origin in eastern Ukraine was exposed to "harassment and genocide by the Kiev regime" The court largely rejected Moscow's objection that it had no authority to make a decision on the matter.