JAKARTA - The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants against former Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and General Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov on charges of international crimes, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.
Reported by CNN, Tuesday, June 25, the court said the two were suspected of being responsible for two war crimes, namely directing attacks on civilian objects and causing harm to civilians or damage to civilian objects. Both are also suspected of committing crimes against humanity.
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The ICC said the alleged crime was linked to a large number of attacks on a number of power plants and substations carried out by Russia across Ukraine between October 2022 and March 2023.
The two warrants increased the total number of high-ranking Russian officials wanted for war crimes to four as the ICC had previously issued arrest warrants against President Vladimir Putin and Russian official Maria Lvova-Belova over alleged schemes for deporting Ukrainian children to Russia.
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