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World court orders Russia to pull troops out of Ukraine

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Russia on Wednesday to immediately halt its military operations in Ukraine, saying it was “profoundly concerned” by Moscow’s use of force.Although the rulings of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) are binding, it has no direct means of enforcing them, and in rare cases in the past countries have ignored them.“The Russian Federation shall immediately suspend the military operations that it commenced on Feb 24, 2022 on the territory of Ukraine,” the ICJ judges said in a 13-2 decision.

Russia is accused of war crimes in Ukraine. Will investigations accomplish anything? They added that Russia must also ensure that other forces under its control or supported by Moscow should not continue the military operation.Ukraine filed its case at the ICJ shortly after Russia’s invasion began on Feb.

24, saying that Moscow’s stated justification, that it was acting to prevent a genocide in eastern Ukraine, was unfounded.In addition to disputing the grounds for the invasion, Kyiv also asked for emergency “provisional” measures against Russia to halt the violence before the case was heard in full.

Those measures were granted on Wednesday.During hearings earlier this month, Ukraine said there was no threat of genocide in eastern Ukraine, and that the U.N.’s 1948 Genocide Convention, which both countries have signed, does not allow an invasion to prevent one.Ukrainian government forces have been battling Russia-backed separatists in the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine since 2014.

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