In response to Russia's ongoing attacks on civilian and energy infrastructure, Budrys refers the situation in Ukraine to the prosecutors of the International Criminal Court
In his letter, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kęstutis Budrys, referred the situation in Ukraine - massive Russian attacks on the energy sector and civilian infrastructure - to the prosecutors of the International Criminal Court.
"Deliberate, systematic campaign targeting Ukraine’s energy, heating, and water infrastructure in the midst of winter cannot be classified as anything but an intentional attempt to physically destroy Ukrainians as a national group," Minister Budrys wrote in the letter to ICC prosecutors.
According to the Minister, Lithuania considers that these Russian actions in Ukraine are comparable to a crime of genocide and should be investigated as such.
The head of Lithuania's diplomacy requests that the prosecutors of the International Criminal Court consider issuing new arrest warrants for Russian officials responsible for continued attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure and extending the scope of already issued arrest warrants to include new international crimes and the crime of genocide.
The International Criminal Court, which issued arrest warrants in March 2023 for the Russian President Putin and Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights, Lvova-Belova, and in 2024 for Russia’s former Defence Minister and military chiefs, is the main international criminal justice organisation investigating international crimes committed during Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. Bearing in mind the arrest warrants issued so far by the International Criminal Court, only war crimes and crimes against humanity have been investigated.
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