The International Criminal Court is opening two war crimes investigations tied to Russia's invasion of Ukraine that will involve several arrest warrants. These will be the first international charges levied in connection with the war.
These will be the first international charges levied in connection with the war, which marked its one-year anniversary in late February, and they come after investigative teams worked for months, several current and former officials told the New York Times. One case will focus on an allegation that Russia abducted children and teenagers and sent them to reeducation camps, and the other will allege that the Kremlin deliberately targeted civilian infrastructure during its attacks.
It is unclear whom the court will specifically charge in each case, but outside diplomats and experts say Russian President Vladimir Putin could be one of the targets of the arrest warrants. Immunity is not recognized by the criminal court to heads of state in cases involving war crimes, crimes against humanity, or genocide, per the New York Times.
Investigators have been gathering strong evidence against Russia since the beginning of the war. In 2022, Ukrainian forces took back the town of Bucha and discovered bodies of bound and shot civilians, and Russian forces also bombed a train station full of fleeing families.
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