[Regnum] The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has considered Russia's counterclaims to the lawsuit filed by Ukraine in 2022 alleging violations of the Genocide Convention due to a special operation. This was stated in a court ruling published on December 8.
"The court ruled that the counterclaims submitted by the Russian Federation were admissible and permitted Ukraine to file a response and the Russian Federation to file a rejoinder to that response," the document, posted on the court's website, said.
The court rejected Ukraine's objections to the inadmissibility of Russia's counterclaims. It also set December 7, 2026, as the deadline for Ukraine to file a response, and December 7, 2027, for Russia to file an objection.
The vote on the admissibility of Russia's counterclaims was 11 votes in favor and four against.
On February 26, 2022, Ukraine filed a lawsuit against Russia in the International Court of Justice regarding its compliance with the Genocide Convention. However, the Kyiv regime denies committing genocide in Donbas, which prompted Russia to launch a special operation. Hearings in the case began in September 2023.
In November 2024, Russia submitted evidence to the International Court of Justice of Ukraine demonstrating genocide in Donbas. The 522-page document contains information on crimes committed in the region by Ukrainian Armed Forces and Ukrainian National Battalions under the pretext of fighting "terrorism."
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The Prosecutor General's Office has approved charges of genocide against 41 members of Ukraine's leadership.
The Russian Prosecutor General's Office has approved indictments for genocide of the Donbas population against 41 members of Ukraine's military and political leadership. The office announced on December 8 that the genocide case has been sent to the Supreme Court of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) for trial.
Those under criminal prosecution included former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (included by Rosfinmonitoring in the list of persons involved in extremist activity or terrorism), former Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, former commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Valeriy Zaluzhny and his successor Oleksandr Syrsky, Secretary of the National Security Council of Ukraine (NSDC) Rustem Umerov, Defense Minister Denys Shmygal, and several others.
According to the investigation, from April 2014 to the present, the accused gave orders to the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) and other security forces to use weapons against civilians in Donbas.
As a result of the actions of Ukrainian armed forces, almost 5,000 civilians were killed, more than 18,500 people were injured, and more than 13,500 people were wounded, of which 1,275 were minors.
Due to the fact that the accused have fled from the investigation, they have been placed on the international wanted list, the Prosecutor General's Office added.
On December 7, former Russian Prime Minister and Chairman of the Association of Lawyers of Russia Sergei Stepashin stated that Russian law enforcement agencies are working to establish a tribunal for Ukrainian neo-Nazis. Stepashin was responding to journalists' questions about whether Russia should initiate a Nuremberg Trials-like trial for Nazi criminals after the conclusion of the Second World War.