'Wars have rules': ICC issues arrest warrants for two top Russian commanders
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Source: The Age
Stephanie van den Berg
March 6, 2024 — 5.58am
The Hague: The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for top Russian commanders Sergei Kobylash and Viktor Sokolov for suspected war crimes in Ukraine, it said in a statement on Tuesday, Brussels time.
The ICC, based in The Hague, said there were reasonable grounds to believe that the two were responsible for “missile strikes carried out by the forces under their command against the Ukrainian electric infrastructure from at least 10 October 2022 until at least 9 March 2023”.
“All wars have rules. Those rules bind all without exception”, ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan said, adding that he would continue to seek cooperation from Russia, which has so far refused to engage with the ICC.
This is the second set of warrants for the arrest of Russian officials related to the war in Ukraine.
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