The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for former Russian defense minister Sergei Shoigu and the chief of the Russian militarys
The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for former Russian defense minister Sergei Shoigu and the chief of the Russian military’s general staff, Gen. Valery Gerasimov.
The ICC said Tuesday there are « 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 » between October 2022 and March 2023.
The court cited Russian strikes that hit Ukrainian power plants and substations.
An ICC statement said Shoigu and Gerasimov are alleged to be responsible for directing attacks at civilian targets and causing excessive harm to civilians, both of which are war crimes.
