Two Russian military commanders have been issued arrest warrants by the International Criminal Court (ICC) based in The Hague, Netherlands.
Lieutenant General Sergei Kobylash and Admiral Viktor Sokolov “are each allegedly responsible” for a number of war crimes, including “directing attacks at civilian objects,” following strikes on Ukrainian electricity infrastructure during the winter of 2022 to 2023.
At the time, Kobylash was commander of the Long-Range Aviation of the Aerospace Force, and Sokolov was the then-commander of the Black Sea Fleet, according to the court, the Ukrainian online newspaper The Kyiv Independent reported.
This is a developing story and will be updated with further information.
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