Russian assaults proceed after ICC arrest warrant for Putin | Russia-Ukraine struggle Information

Strikes on a number of fronts, together with capital Kyiv and the western Lviv province, come hours after ICC’s announcement.

Widespread Russian assaults have continued in Ukraine following the Worldwide Prison Court docket’s choice to difficulty an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russia’s commissioner for youngsters’s rights.

The Ukrainian Air Drive mentioned within the early hours of Saturday that Ukraine was attacked by 16 Russian drones on Friday night time.

Writing on Telegram, the air drive command mentioned that 11 out of 16 drones have been shot down “within the central, western and jap areas”.

Among the many areas focused have been the capital, Kyiv, and the western Lviv province.

Head of the Kyiv metropolis administration, Serhii Popko, mentioned Ukrainian air defences shot down all drones heading for the Ukrainian capital, whereas Lviv regional Governor Maksym Kozytskyi mentioned on Saturday that three of six drones have been shot down, with the opposite three hitting a district bordering Poland.

In line with the Ukrainian Air Drive, the assaults have been carried out from the jap coast of the Sea of Azov and Russia’s Bryansk province, which borders Ukraine.

The Ukrainian navy added in its common replace on Saturday morning that Russian forces, over the past 24 hours, launched 34 air assaults, one missile strike and 57 rounds of anti-aircraft hearth.

The Fb replace mentioned that falling particles hit the southern Kherson province, damaging seven homes and a kindergarten.

Pavlo Kyrylenko, regional governor of the Donetsk province, mentioned one individual was killed and three wounded when 11 cities and villages within the province have been shelled on Friday.

Additional west, Russian rockets hit a residential space in a single day on Friday within the metropolis of Zaporizhzhia, the regional capital of the partially occupied province of the identical title.

No casualties have been reported, however homes have been broken and a catering institution destroyed, Anatoliy Kurtev of the Zaporizhzhia Metropolis Council mentioned.

ICC warrant

The Worldwide Prison Court docket mentioned on Friday that it has issued an arrest warrant for Putin for struggle crimes, accusing him of non-public accountability for the abductions of kids from Ukraine, along with Russia’s commissioner for youngsters’s rights, Maria Lvova-Belova.

It’s the first time the worldwide courtroom has issued a warrant towards a frontrunner of one of many 5 everlasting members of the United Nations Safety Council.

The transfer was instantly dismissed by Moscow – and welcomed by Ukraine as a significant breakthrough.

Its sensible implications, nevertheless, may very well be restricted because the probabilities of Putin going through trial on the ICC are extremely unlikely as a result of Moscow doesn’t recognise the courtroom’s jurisdiction or extradite its nationals.

United Kingdom navy officers mentioned on Saturday that Russia is prone to widen conscription. In its newest intelligence replace, the UK Defence Ministry mentioned that deputies within the Russian Duma, the decrease home of Russia’s parliament, launched a invoice on Monday to alter the conscription age for males to 21 to 30, from the present 18 to 27.

The ministry mentioned that, in the meanwhile, many males aged 18 to 21 declare exemption from navy service as a result of they’re in greater schooling. The change would imply that they’d finally nonetheless must serve. It mentioned the regulation will probably be handed and are available into drive in January 2024.