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BumRushDaShow

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Tue Mar 5, 2024, 02:09 PM Mar 5

ICC accuses two high-ranking Russians of war crimes in Ukraine

Source: CNN

Updated 10:41 AM EST, Tue March 5, 2024


CNN — The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants against two high-ranking Russian military figures, accusing them of war crimes against Ukrainian civilians.

Sergei Kobylash, a lieutenant-general in the Russian Armed Forces, and Viktor Sokolov, an admiral in the Russian Navy, were the pair listed in the warrant.

The ICC said they are responsible for war crimes of directing attacks at civilians, causing excessive harm to civilians and the crime against humanity of inhumane acts.

The court, based in The Hague, the Netherlands, pointed to strikes by Moscow against electric power plants and substations, which were carried out by the Russian armed forces in multiple locations during its war in Ukraine. Its Tuesday ruling furthered the international community’s efforts to bring justice against top-ranking Russians for Moscow’s war in Ukraine, which crossed the two-year mark last month.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/05/europe/icc-charges-russians-ukraine-intl/index.html

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ICC accuses two high-ranking Russians of war crimes in Ukraine (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Mar 5 OP
They should indict blue-wave Mar 5 #1
Agreed. I'm still waiting for them to indict Shoigu and Gerasimov. GregariousGroundhog Mar 5 #2
K & R Emile Mar 6 #3
K&R orangecrush Mar 6 #4

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