ICC issues arrest warrants for Russian officials over alleged Ukraine war crimes
Army chief and ex-minister of defence accused over missile attacks on civilian targets including power plants
The international criminal court (ICC) at The Hague has issued arrest warrants for Russiaβs ex-minister of defence and current army chief of staff for alleged war crimes in Ukraine after a missile campaign targeting Ukrainian power plants and other civilian infrastructure during the full-scale invasion.
Ex-minister of defence Sergei Shoigu and the chief of the general staff of the Russian armed forces, Valery Gerasimov, are accused of the war crimes of directing attacks at civilian objects and of causing excessive incidental harm to civilians or damage to civilian objects. They are also accused of crimes against humanity.
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