Ukraine, in symbolic move, files European court case against Russia

Members of a specialised team that defuses and removes explosives, bombs, mines and other munitions remove a defused 500kg bomb that did not detonate when it landed on an apartment building in March, in the Saltivka neighbourhood, as Russia’s attack on Ukraine continues, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, June 23, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis

Ukraine, in a symbolic move, on Thursday said it had formally filed a case against Russia at the European Court of Human Rights to end "the mass and gross human rights violations" by Moscow's forces during the war in Ukraine.

The bid has no chance of substantive success, given that on June 7 the Russian parliament approved two bills ending the court's jurisdiction in Russia.