"These ICC warrants mark another crucial step towards justice," said Amnesty International's Ukraine director. "Their issuance helps rebuild trust in international law and the institutions that uphold it."
lmao, I had to see what the context is and it’s hilarious:
“Pre-Trial Chamber II considered that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the two suspects bear responsibility for missile strikes carried out by the Russian armed forces against the Ukrainian electric infrastructure from at least October 10, 2022 until at least March 9, 2023,” the court said. “During this time frame, a large number of strikes against numerous electric power plants and substations were carried out by the Russian armed forces in multiple locations in Ukraine.”
They’re charging them for targeting electrical infrastructure. Which is target number one for NATO and the IDF, coincidentally, and Ukraine too.
That’s not even something you could realistically charge someone for anyways. It’s completely legal (we’re not talking moral here obviously) to attack infrastructure if it’s being used in a military capacity. And the list of what constitutes “military capacity” is basically a mile long.
Edit: actually I could see Russia using this opportunity to start the conversation of “if Russia doing x is a war crime, then the west is guilty of A-Z”
I would imagine if this ever actually got into a court there would be a lot of evidence submitted about Ukraine’s sustained campaign to try to destroy the ZNPP nuclear plant with artillery and rocketfire
That’s what I was just thinking too. I don’t know if it would be worth it, but this seems like a good opportunity to start showing clear evidence of western/ Ukrainian war crimes.
lmao, I had to see what the context is and it’s hilarious:
They’re charging them for targeting electrical infrastructure. Which is target number one for NATO and the IDF, coincidentally, and Ukraine too.
Targeting electrical infrastructure in Ukraine:
Targeting electrical infrastructure in Gaza/Syria/Iraq/Russia/etc
the GARDEN
That’s not even something you could realistically charge someone for anyways. It’s completely legal (we’re not talking moral here obviously) to attack infrastructure if it’s being used in a military capacity. And the list of what constitutes “military capacity” is basically a mile long.
Edit: actually I could see Russia using this opportunity to start the conversation of “if Russia doing x is a war crime, then the west is guilty of A-Z”
I would imagine if this ever actually got into a court there would be a lot of evidence submitted about Ukraine’s sustained campaign to try to destroy the ZNPP nuclear plant with artillery and rocketfire
That’s what I was just thinking too. I don’t know if it would be worth it, but this seems like a good opportunity to start showing clear evidence of western/ Ukrainian war crimes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite_bomb