Putin, Russian commanders can be tried for war crimes, UK warns
UK justice minister Dominic Raab says President Vladimir Putin and Russian commanders could be tried at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for committing war crimes while invading Ukraine.
“There is a clear determination from the international community to make sure that any war crimes are held to account whether it is Putin or those around him in Moscow or commanders on the ground,” said Mr Raab on Tuesday.
Mr Raab, also UK deputy prime minister, told LBC radio that ICC was actively looking at the reports coming out of Ukraine.
“We have shown that recently, Radovan Karadzic, the butcher of the Balkans, has ended up in a British cell via the Hague for his actions,” he added. “Therefore the seed of doubt must be laid, not just in Putin’s mind, but anyone following these reckless orders and engaging in these reckless attacks on civilians, that they could end up in the dock of a court and they could end up spending the rest of their days behind bars.”
In the early hours of February 24, Russia launched a military operation to denazify Ukraine.
The Russian Defence Ministry claimed the invasion was a special operation targeting Ukrainian military infrastructure only, and the civilian population was not in danger.
(Sputnik/NAN)
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