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Diplomats and international lawyers often call genocide the "crime of all crimes". It is considered to be the utmost crime, being more grave than any war crime or crime against humanity. But this also means the most difficult and demanding standards of proof apply to accusations of genocide.
It is not for nothing that since 1948, when the Convention on Genocide came into force, no state has been convicted of genocide.
For example, after the wars in the Balkans, which were accompanied by acts of ethnic cleansing and genocide, military and civilian leaders, including the ex-president of Yugoslavia Milosevic, were on trial at the international court. Several were sentenced for committing genocide, however the attempt to prove the guilt of the State of Yugoslavia was a failure - the court "acquitted" it.
Taking into account the Balkan experience, Ukraine is wary of a potentical defeat in court and has not yet dared to initiate a case of genocide against Russia.