russia should be held accountable in the ICC for crimes against Ukrainian civilian energy infrastructure, says German Galushchenko

Minister of Energy of Ukraine German Galushchenko met with Brenda Hollis, senior legal consultant to the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The parties discussed the preparation of materials for a case against russia and its prosecution for crimes against Ukrainian civilian energy infrastructure.

German Galushchenko stressed that russia’s military aggression against Ukraine was unprecedented in world history in terms of the scale of destruction of civilian energy facilities and violation of international law.

During the autumn-winter period, the terrorist state targeted generation facilities, substations and distribution networks with missiles, drones and artillery. On November 23, 2022 alone, 13.5 million consumers were simultaneously cut off from electricity as a result of a massive russian attack in Ukraine.

he Minister stressed that russia’s actions in Ukraine not only deliberately destroyed civilian energy infrastructure, but also exposed the whole world to a nuclear disaster.

The Head of the Ministry of Energy recalled that one of the massive missile attacks led to a blackout at the NPP: power units were shut down and switched to diesel generators – the power of last resort.

“It was a real threat of a repeat of the Fukushima scenario and a nuclear disaster that would affect the whole of humanity. This is nothing less than nuclear terrorism. The russians are doing this deliberately, they are violating all the existing rules of warfare, committing crimes against humanity and mankind. the russian federation must be held accountable and justly punished for this. The threat to the entire world will remain until ZNPP is returned to the management of the Ukrainian operator,” emphasised German Galushchenko.