“The ICC is almost a political instrument and has nothing to do with justice,” Leonidchenko was quoted by RIA Novosti as saying.

According to him, the US and the UK have done everything to protect their military from the ICC.

Earlier it became known that Russia does not plan to initiate in the UN the issue of conducting an international investigation into the events in Ukraine, including the provocation in Bucha, as it expects a biased position.