'Empty seats speak loudly...': Ukraine slams Russia for no-show at ICJ hearing

Ukraine urges International Court of Justice to order Russia to halt invasion. Russia snubbed the hearing, declined to send a delegation to the U.N. Top court. As the hearing commenced, seats reserved for Russia's lawyers was empty. Before the invasion, Russian President Putin claimed a genocide was happening in East UkraineUkraine: Russia must be held accountable for manipulating the notion of genocide to justify aggression.