AMSTERDAM, Mar 3: The International Criminal Court (ICC) has started an investigation into the Russian activities in Ukraine, ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan said.
“I have notified the ICC Presidency a few moments ago of my decision to immediately proceed with active investigations in the Situation. Our work in the collection of evidence has now commenced,” Khan said in a statement.
He added that the ICC would focus on the organization’s key objective: ensuring accountability for crimes under the court’s jurisdiction.
Meanwhile, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said, during an interview, that enforcing a no-fly zone over Ukraine as requested by the Government in Kiev would require the United States to go to war with Russia “President Biden’s been clear that US troops won’t fight Russia in Ukraine, and if you establish a no-fly zone, certainly in order to enforce that no-fly zone, you have to engage Russian aircraft, and again, that would put us at war with Russia,” Austin told NBC on Wednesday.
(UNI)
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