ICC issues two arrest warrants against Russian officers. Lieutenant Sergei Kobylach and Admiral Viktor Sokolov, commander of the Black Sea Fleet.
They are suspected of crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in Ukraine between October 2022 and March 2023. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed this new step taken by the ICC so that justice is done. The content of these arrest warrants is always confidential, explains RFI correspondent in The Hague, Stéphanie Maupas. The judges simply made their existence public to help prevent similar crimes.