Russian forces continued to bombard airfields and encircle cities across Ukraine, with the heavy shelling rupturing a temporary cease-fire and blocking efforts to evacuate civilians in the besieged port city of Mariupol for a second day.
In Irpin, a town on the outskirts of Ukraine’s capital, Russian forces fired mortar shells as families were preparing to board buses to flee the area on Sunday, according to the town’s mayor. At least eight people, including two children, were killed in the barrage.
As the conflict enters its 12th day, Ukraine is set to ask the United Nations’ highest court on Monday to intervene to halt Moscow’s invasion. Ukraine’s suit argues that Russia relied on false claims of genocide in two separatist regions in eastern Ukraine, where Russian-backed rebels have battled Kyiv for years, in an attempt to justify its invasion.
The International Court of Justice, also known as the World Court, is based in The Hague and adjudicates legal disputes between states. Its rulings are legally binding, although it has no real way of enforcing them. Separately, Ukraine is dispatching teams to bombed sites to make a potential case against Russia of possible war crimes at another international tribunal.
A growing number of U.S. officials are calling for a ban on Russian oil and gas imports to pressure that country’s economy despite concerns that such a move could raise already high gas prices for American consumers.
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