Putin beordrar styrkor att gå in i Ukraina - INVASION NU (2022-02-24)

Today the International Criminal Court has issued warrants of arrest for 2 senior Russian commanders - for war crimes against civilians in #Ukraine. Sergei Kobylash: Long-range air force commander & Viktor Sokolov: Admiral in Russia's Back Sea Fleet.

Mr Sergei Ivanovich Kobylash, born on 1 April 1965, a Lieutenant General in the Russian Armed Forces, who at the relevant time was the Commander of the Long-Range Aviation of the Aerospace Force, and Mr Viktor Nikolayevich Sokolov, born 4 April 1962, an Admiral in the Russian Navy, who at the relevant time was the Commander of the Black Sea Fleet, are each allegedly responsible for the war crime of directing attacks at civilian objects (article 8(2)(b)(ii) of the Rome Statute) and the war crime of causing excessive incidental harm to civilians or damage to civilian objects (article 8(2)(b)(iv) of the Rome Statute), and the crime against humanity of inhumane acts under article 7(1)(k) of the Rome Statute.