REUTERS/Antonio Bronic/File PhotoJune 12 - Lawyers for Ukraine at the top U.N. court on Monday rejected Russia's account of the downing of a Malaysian airliner as a "rambling conspiracy theory", in a case alleging Moscow backed separatists in eastern Ukraine in 2014.
Last week, in hearings before the International Court of Justice, also known as the World Court, Russia said Ukraine's MH17 case was based on "nonsense" and offered a host of alternative explanations for what happened.
Kyiv has asked the court to find Moscow guilty of breaching its treaty obligations and order it to pay reparations.
The World Court case stems from 2017 and was filed well before Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
The International Court of Justice is expected to rule on the case before the end of this year.
Persons:
Antonio Bronic, Ukraine's, Marney Cheek, William Maclean, Mark Heinrich Our
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