"Russia will either implement the interim decision of the International Court of Justice or we will keep raising the issue of using coercive mechanisms up to the point of raising the question at the UN General Assembly," Petrenko said.
Ukraine initiated legal proceedings against Russia on January 16 when it accused Russia of funneling weapons, military equipment, people and money to war-torn eastern Ukraine through their common border. Ukraine also wanted the ICJ to order a halt to what it claimed was Russia’s discrimination against the Tatar minority in Crimea. Ukraine still considers the peninsula a part of its territory three years after it rejoined Russia following a referendum.
Russia has repeatedly denied being part of the three-year conflict in eastern Ukraine, which has claimed more than 10,000 lives, according to the United Nations. Russia’s representative at the Hague process, Roman Kolodkin, said Kiev’s call for ICJ measures against Moscow lacked both "judicial and factual" prerequisites and urged Ukraine to abide by the Minsk deal to restore peace.
