ICC Issues Arrest Warrants for 2 Russian Military Officials Over Alleged War Crimes

Judges found ’reasonable grounds to believe that the two suspects bear responsibility for missile strikes’ against Ukraine’s electrical infrastructure.

An exterior view of the International Criminal Court in the Hague, Netherlands, on March 31, 2021. Piroschka van de Wouw/Reuters

The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued two more arrest warrants for Russians on March 5 over crimes they allegedly committed in Ukraine, officials announced.

Pre-trial Chamber II of the ICC, which includes presiding Judge Rosario Salvatore Aitala, Judge Tomoko Akane, and Judge Sergio Gerardo Ugalde Godinez, issued the warrants for Lt. Gen. Sergei Kobylash and Russian Navy Adm. Viktor Sokolov.