The European Court of Human Rights understands the importance of full-scale war. It will help speed up the process, which did not happen with the Crimea and Donbas cases.

"Crimea, Eastern Ukraine - these two interstate cases have passed the admissibility stage. The Courts ruled both admissible. Therefore, the court is procedurally much ahead with these cases than with the full-scale war case," Mykola Hnatovsky,  ECtHR judge, stated in a conversation with "European Pravda."

"Everyone understands how important the case on the full-scale war is. So I expect it to move much, much more energetically than the previous cases. Everyone learns from their mistakes. Europe, in all matters - political, economic, and military - gets more mature daily. This maturation is also taking place in solving European legal issues," explained the judge.

According to him, the ECtHR understands that it should become an arbitrator in interstate cases.

"The vast majority of statements filed against Ukraine relate to the armed conflict in one way or another. They are filed either only against Ukraine or - by a common practice among lawyers - simultaneously against two states, Ukraine and the Russian Federation. Let the ECtHR decide who is more guilty," he explained.

According to the judge, there are over 7,000 such cases against Ukraine. He points out that the trial is due to start as quickly and efficiently as possible.

"Now it is clear that in connection with the progress of interstate affairs, such an opportunity appears," Hnatovsky said.

As reported by EuroPravda, the European Court of Human Rights recognised the date of the beginning of Russia's control over occupied Donbas.

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