These attacks disproportionately affect the civilian population, particularly vulnerable groups including children, older people, and hospital patients who depend on uninterrupted power and water suppliesVeronika Velch, Amnesty International Ukraines DirectorAs Ukraine enters another winter of Russias war of aggression, the destruction of energy infrastructure means entire communities are left without essential services
Russia has committed atrocious war crimes one after another stealing children, using all kinds of violence against Ukrainian civilians, including systematic torture, rape and bombing of civilian targets
These attacks disproportionately affect the civilian population, particularly vulnerable groups including children, older people, and hospital patients who depend on uninterrupted power and water supplies
Filashkin said they were hit by a Lancet, a costly and powerful drone often used against tanks and armoured vehicles."This tragedy is further evidence of Russias systemic war crimes against civilians," human rights ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets wrote on Telegram
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaSituation in UkraineThe seal of the International Criminal CourtFileno.0122ReferredbyAlbania, Australia, Austria, and 36 other ICC member statesDatereferred25 February 2022Dateopened3March2022Incident(s)Revolution of Dignity and Russo-Ukrainian WarCrimeswar crimescrimes against humanityStatusofsuspectsVladimir PutinFugitiveMaria Lvova-BelovaFugitiveViktor SokolovFugitiveSergey KobylashFugitiveSergei ShoiguFugitiveValery GerasimovFugitiveWebsite httpswww.icc-cpi.intUkraineThe International Criminal Court investigation in Ukraine or the Situation in Ukraine is an ongoing investigation by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) into "any past and present allegations of war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide committed on any part of the territory of Ukraine by any person" during the period starting "from 21 November 2013 onwards", on an "open-ended basis", covering the Revolution of Dignity, the Russo-Ukrainian War including the 2014 annexation of Crimea by Russia, the war in Donbas and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Referrals, jurisdiction and authorisationOn 25 February 2022, the day after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, ICC Prosecutor Karim Ahmad Khan stated that the ICC could "exercise its jurisdiction and investigate any act of genocide, crime against humanity or war crime committed within Ukraine." Khan stated on 28 February that he intended to launch a full ICC investigation and that he had requested his team to "explore all evidence preservation opportunities"
On 5 March 2024, the ICC issued arrest warrants for senior military officials Viktor Sokolov and Sergey Kobylash, on reasonable grounds of suspecting them of the war crimes of directing attacks at civilian objects and of causing excessive incidental harm to civilians or damage to civilian objects (Articles 8(2)(b)(ii) and 8(2)(b)(iv) of the Rome Statute) and of the crime against humanity of inhumane acts under article 7(1)(k)
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Ukraines President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned the killing of the journalists, which was branded a war crime by Ukraines human rights ombudsman
Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab Read moreKYIV, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Two Ukrainian journalists were killed by a Russian drone in the eastern city of Kramatorsk on Thursday in an attack that was condemned by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and described by Ukraines human rights ombudsman as a war crime