Ukraine case against Russia over war can proceed: UN court
The UN's top court said on Friday it had jurisdiction to hear a case brought by Ukraine accusing Russia of supporting rebels in war-torn eastern Ukraine.
Russia had asked the International Court of Justice in September 2018 to throw out Kiev's case, saying the tribunal had no right to deal with the matter.
Ukraine dragged Russia to the Hague-based court in 2017 saying it had breached a UN convention on the financing of terrorism by funnelling arms and cash to pro-Russian fighters.
ICJ president Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf said the court "finds that it has jurisdiction... to entertain the claims made by Ukraine."
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