Ukraine’s top prosecutor has asked the International Criminal Court to prosecute Russia over a missile attack on a children’s hospital in Kiev.
In one of the worst waves of Russian attacks across the country, 44 people were killed, including two doctors at the Okhmatdyt hospital.
The ICTY prosecutor’s office said one of its teams had visited the hospital, but would not comment publicly on which charges it is investigating.
“It is important to show that Russia itself, at the moment, is a criminal state,” said Ukrainian Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin.
Moscow denies attacking the hospital despite all available evidence showing they did, according to the Institute for the Study of War.
A UN human rights mission has said there is a “high probability” the hospital was hit directly by a Russian missile, and Ukraine’s security service said it had clear evidence the medical facility had been hit by a Russian Kh-101 cruise missile.
The ICC has issued six arrest warrants for alleged Russian crimes in Ukraine, including one against Russian President Vladimir Putin.
