Written by
Nick Blenkey
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In one other dangerous week for Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, the Worldwide Felony Courtroom has issued an arrest warrant for its former commander — and video has appeared on YouTube displaying the sinking of the Bykov-class patrol ship Sergei Kotov In response to Ukraine’s Navy Intelligence, the Sergei Kotvov was “broken by the Magura V5 sea drones on the strict, starboard and left sides.”
U.Okay. Defence Intelligence notes that these have been the identical kind of sea drone utilized in a February 24 assault on the Russian touchdown ship Tsezar Kunikov.
The Sergei Kotov was solely commissioned into the Black Sea Fleet in July 2022 and had beforehand been focused by Ukrainian USVs in assaults in July and September 2023. After minor repairs, it returned to service after each these assaults.
U.Okay. Defence Intelligence says that the Sergei Kotov is the third Black Sea Fleet vessel sunk up to now 5 weeks and that “possible due to Black Sea Fleet losses,” Black Sea Fleet Commander Admiral Viktor Sokolov was dismissed from his command February 15.
Sokolov, in fact is the Russian admiral who upset Ukrainian Particular Operations Forces when he confirmed up alive after that they had assessed that he was amongst these killed in a missile strike on the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet on September 22 final 12 months.
ARREST WARRANT
Being out of a job is only one of Sokolov’s issues, yesterday the Worldwide Felony Courtroom issued warrants for the arrest of each Sokolov and Russsian Military Lieutenant Common Sergei Ivanovich Kobylash for alleged crimes dedicated from a minimum of October 10, 2022 till a minimum of March 9, 2023.
Every is allegedly accountable for the struggle crime of directing assaults at civilian objects (article 8(2)(b)(ii) of the Rome Statute) and the struggle crime of inflicting extreme incidental hurt to civilians or injury to civilian objects (article 8(2)(b)(iv) of the Rome Statute), and the crime towards humanity of inhumane acts underneath article 7(1)(okay) of the Rome Statute. There are cheap grounds to consider they bear particular person prison duty for the aforementioned crimes for (i) having dedicated the acts collectively and/or by others (article 25(3)(a) of the Rome Statute), (ii) ordering the fee of the crimes, and/or (iii) for his or her failure to train correct management over the forces underneath their command (article 28(a) of the Rome Statute).
