It was a war crime for Ukraine’s president to blast Kharkiv, killing a lot of people.
On Monday, Volodymyr Zelensky said there were eyewitness accounts of civilians being deliberately targeted in the Ukraine attack on the city.
Rights groups also said that war crimes may have been committed during Russia’s invasion of the Baltic states.
It looks like the International Criminal Court (ICC) wants to start its own investigation into the claims.
War crimes or crimes against humanity may have been committed in Ukraine, prosecutor Karim Khan said late Monday.
The Russians have been attacking Ukraine on many fronts for a few days now, but their progress has been slowed by resistance from the Ukrainians.
In the capital, Kyiv, the air raid sirens sounded again, and satellite images showed a Russian military convoy moving north from the city.
Maxar Technologies, which released the images of the convoy, says that it includes armored vehicles, tanks, artillery, and logistical vehicles. It says that the convoy is less than 18 miles (30 km) from Kyiv, which is the capital of Ukraine.
There are a lot of allegations of crime in the fight, but Khan said his investigation would also look into alleged crimes from when Russia invaded in 2014.
There must be ICC judges who agree for a prosecutor to start his or her work.
It’s not yet clear how long this will last, but he has asked his team to start looking for evidence of things like attacks on civilians.
Kyiv has agreed to the ICC’s jurisdiction even though Russia and Ukraine aren’t part of it.
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Western leaders should also think about setting up a no-fly zone over Ukraine, says Mr. Zelensky. This is something that the United States has so far refused to do over fears that it could lead to a direct conflict between the United States and Russia.
It looked like rockets were hit by cluster munitions when they hit the city of Kharkiv in Ukraine, according to some defense experts who saw the videos.
People at Amnesty International want to look into the attack on Kharkiv as a possible war crime.
Russia has said in the past that it doesn’t attack residential areas.
Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, said that “barbaric Russian airstrikes against innocent civilians, including children,” and that he would give more military aid to Ukraine.
International Criminal Court (ICC): This body was set up in 2002, and it tries people who have done things like genocide in wars or crimes against humanity.
Russia would have to extradite any Russians who are accused of war crimes, crimes against humanity, or genocide in Ukraine before they could be tried in The Hague.
