View of the International Court of Justice in The HaguePARIS, Mar 14The International Court of Justice in The Hague will rule on Ukraine's claim against Russia in connection with the Russian military operation on March 16, the court said in a statement. «On Wednesday, March 16, 2022, the International Court of Justice, the main judicial body of the taking provisional measures in a case concerning allegations of genocide under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide,” the court said in a statement. />Nebenzya noted that the UN Deputy Secretary General did not mention the shelling of Donetsk by Tochka-U. On March 7, the International Court of Justice in The Hague began hearings on the lawsuit of Ukraine, which demands to take «interim measures» to stop the Russian military operation. The Russian delegation was not present at the opening of the meeting in The Hague; during the live broadcast, empty seats intended for Russian representatives were shown. As the chairman of the court said at the beginning of the hearing, «by a letter dated March 5, 2022, Russian Ambassador to the Netherlands Alexander Shulgin notified that the Russian authorities did not intend to participate in oral procedures.» She added that the court regrets Russia's non-participation. Earlier, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that Russia refrained from participating in the meeting of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, initiated by Ukraine, due to the obvious absurdity of Kyiv's claim, and also because Moscow was not given enough time to form a response position. Zakharova added that the Russian embassy in the Netherlands sent a letter explaining its position and requesting that the case be removed from the court list. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces only strike at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Russian Armed Forces, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But the occupation of Ukraine is out of the question, the President of Russia emphasized.
