“When international justice starts working, it cannot be stopped.” ~ Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky 🇺🇦⚖️💙💛🏛️🇺🇦
#Repost @weareukraine.info with @use.repost . . . The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Sergei Ivanovich Kobylash and Viktor Nikolayevich Sokolov on March 5, 2024, on the grounds of war crimes committed in Ukraine «from at least 10 October 2022 until at least 9 March 2023.»
Kobylash is a Lieutenant General in the Russian Armed Forces, who was the Commander of the Long-Range Aviation of the Aerospace Force during the court’s focus timeline, and Sokolov is an Admiral in the Russian Navy, who at the relevant time was the Commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. Both are accused of 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.
«These are obvious crimes — Russia’s war crimes and crimes against humanity. And there is a significant movement (to prosecute those crimes) in the International Criminal Court,» commented Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. «When international justice starts working, it cannot be stopped. Justice for Ukraine, for Ukrainians, and for the international community in general will definitely be restored.»
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