Russia-Ukraine war: Moscow ignores arrest warrants for Putin commanders - BBC News

Russia says it does not recognise International Criminal Court warrants issued for alleged war crimes in Ukraine.

3 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsWar in UkraineImage source, ReutersImage caption, Viktor Sokolov has been reportedly sacked after a series of successful Ukrainian drone attacks against Russian warshipsRussia has said it does not recognise arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for two top Russian commanders over alleged war crimes in Ukraine.

The court named Sergei Kobylash and Viktor Sokolov on Tuesday.

"We are not parties to the [Rome] statute - we do not recognise this," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

This is the second time warrants have been issued for Russians over the war in Ukraine.

The first was for President Vladimir Putin and his children's rights envoy.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68489266

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