As January became February, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered a pair of legal body blows to Ukraine and its Western backers. First, on January 31, it ruled on a case brought by Kiev against Russia in 2017, which accused Moscow of presiding over a campaign of "terrorism" in Donbas, including the July 2014 downing of MH17. It also
国际法院针对俄罗斯的失败案件适得其反,为针对乌克兰的种族灭绝指控铺平了道路
一家受人尊敬的联合国法院对基辅及其西方支持者针对克里姆林宫提起的案件做出了鲜为人知但意义重大的裁决。这些判决引发了人们对基辅在顿巴斯的军事行动的严重质疑,基辅在长达八年的针对民众的战争中是否试图进行种族灭绝,以及西方是否计划利用残酷镇压挑起与莫斯科的战争。