Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Picture: Sasha Mordovets/Getty Photos)
- Widespread Russian assaults have continued in Ukraine following the announcement of the arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin.
- The Worldwide Prison Courtroom issued an arrest warrant for Putin and Russia’s commissioner for youngsters’s rights.
- Ukraine Air Forces stated assaults by Russia proceed.
Widespread Russian assaults have continued in Ukraine following the Worldwide Prison Courtroom’s decision to difficulty an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russia’s commissioner for youngsters’s rights.
The Ukrainian Air Pressure stated within the early hours of Saturday that Ukraine was attacked by 16 Russian drones on Friday night time.
Writing on Telegram, the air power command stated that 11 out of 16 drones have been shot down “within the central, western and japanese areas”.
Among the many areas focused have been the capital, Kyiv, and the western Lviv province.
Head of the Kyiv metropolis administration, Serhii Popko, stated Ukrainian air defences shot down all drones heading for the Ukrainian capital, whereas Lviv regional Governor Maksym Kozytskyi stated on Saturday that three of six drones have been shot down, with the opposite three hitting a district bordering Poland.
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In keeping with the Ukrainian Air Pressure, the assaults have been carried out from the japanese 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 stated that falling particles hit the southern Kherson province, damaging seven homes and a kindergarten.
Pavlo Kyrylenko, regional governor of the Donetsk province, stated one particular person 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 identify.
No casualties have been reported, however homes have been broken and a catering institution destroyed, Anatoliy Kurtev of the Zaporizhzhia Metropolis Council stated.
ICC warrant
The Worldwide Prison Courtroom stated on Friday that it has issued an arrest warrant for Putin for struggle crimes, accusing him of non-public duty for the abductions of youngsters 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 pacesetter 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, nonetheless, may very well be restricted because the possibilities 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.
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United Kingdom navy officers stated on Saturday that Russia is more likely to widen conscription. In its newest intelligence replace, the UK Defence Ministry stated 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 stated that, in the intervening time, many males aged 18 to 21 declare exemption from navy service as a result of they’re in greater training. The change would imply that they might finally nonetheless must serve. It stated the regulation will seemingly be handed and are available into power in January 2024.
