ICC issues arrest warrants for Russia army chief, ex-minister

The ICC issued arrest warrants for Russia's top army chief and ex-defense minister over Ukraine strikes.

The ICC warrants are the latest in a series of actions by the court over the Ukraine war, including an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin. ICC judges said there were “reasonable grounds to believe that the two suspects bear responsibility for missile strikes carried out by the Russian armed forces against the Ukrainian electric infrastructure from at least 10 October 2022 until at least 9 March 2023.”The court said these strikes were “directed against civilian objects” and even when targets could be considered military, civilian damage “would have been clearly excessive to the anticipated military advantage.

Putin himself has travelled abroad, notably to Kyrgyzstan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates — not ICC members. He was named the new secretary of the Security Council, replacing his longstanding ally Nikolai Patrushev. Observers believe he was closely involved in devising the plan to send troops to Ukraine in conditions of absolute secrecy.The ICC, created in 2002 to investigate war crimes around the world, in September opened a field office in Kyiv as part of efforts to hold Russian forces accountable for potential war crimes.

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