Here's an update from our news desk:
ICJ Says It Won't Impose Measures Against Russia In Case Brought By Kyiv
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague said on April 19 it would not impose measures ordering Russia to stop it from funding and equipping pro-Russia separatists as part of a case brought against Moscow by Ukraine.
The United Nation's highest court said it was refusing the request by Ukraine to issue a provisional measure to block what Kyiv says is Russian monetary and military support for separatists in eastern Ukraine.
Moscow seized control of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula in March 2014 and has supported the separatists in a war that has since killed more than 9,900 people in eastern Ukraine.
When Ukraine lodged its case in January, Kyiv said Russia has stepped up its interference in Ukraine's affairs since 2014, "intervening militarily…financing acts of terrorism and violating the human rights of millions of Ukraine's citizens, including, for all too many, their right to life."
It said Ukraine was seeking "full reparations for...acts of terrorism the Russian Federation has caused, facilitated or supported," citing bombardments of residential areas and the July 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which killed all 298 passengers and crew.
Here is today's map of the latest situation in the Donbas region, according to the Ukrainian Defense Ministry:
