Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chairman of Russia`s Security Council, on Monday threatened the International Criminal Court (ICC) with a missile strike after the business enterprise issued an arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin.
The ICC has accused Putin of being accountable for strugglefare crimes dedicated in Ukraine, however Russia has denied committing any atrocities in Ukraine.
Medvedev, a staunch Putin loyalist, wrote on Telegram, “I`m afraid, gentlemen, every body is answerable to God and missiles. It`s pretty feasible to assume how a hypersonic oniks fired from a Russian warship withinside the North Sea moves the courtroom docket constructing withinside the Hague. It can`t be shot down, I`m afraid.”
The former Russian president additionally warned the ICC judges to “watch the skies closely,” calling the courtroom docket “a pathetic worldwide business enterprise”.
In its first warrant for the reason that strugglefare broke out in February closing 12 months, the ICC known as for Putin’s arrest on suspicion of illegal deportation of kids and illegal switch of humans from the territory of Ukraine to the Russian Federation.
ICC prosecutor Karim Khan opened an research into feasible strugglefare crimes, crimes towards humanity and genocide in Ukraine a 12 months ago. He highlighted throughout 4 journeys to Ukraine that he turned into searching at alleged crimes towards kids and the concentrated on of civilian infrastructure.
US President Joe Biden has known as the warrant for Putin’s arrest “justified”.
