\n Ukraine said Friday it hoped the International Criminal Court would continue its work prosecuting Russian war criminals, despite US President Donald Trump's decision to slap sanctions on the court.\n<\/p>\n
\n The ICC is investigating allegations of Russian war crimes committed during its invasion of Ukraine.\n<\/p>\n
\n \"We hope that they will not affect the court's ability to achieve justice for the victims of Russian aggression,\" said foreign ministry spokesman Georgiy Tykhy.\n<\/p>\n
\n In 2023 the court issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin over the alleged deportation of Ukrainian children from areas of the country seized by Russia's army.\n<\/p>\n
\n And last year it issued arrest warrants for Russia's top army commander, Valery Gerasimov, and former defence minister Sergei Shoigu. They are accused of directing aerial attacks against civilians, and causing \"excessive\" harm to Ukrainian civilians throughout the war.\n<\/p>\n
\n Ukraine's Tykhy said Kyiv was \"convinced that the ICC will continue to perform important functions in Ukraine's case, namely, bringing Russian criminals to justice.\n<\/p>\n
\n \"Ukraine continues to work with the ICC to move these cases forward,\" he added.\n<\/p>\n
\n Neither Russia nor the United States is a member of The Hague-based ICC, and Moscow has dismissed the warrant against Putin as meaningless.\n<\/p>\n
\n Asked about US sanctions on the court, Putin's spokesman on Friday reminded reporters that Russia did not recognise its jurisdiction.\n<\/p>\n
\n \"The Americans have their own relations with the ICC,\" Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov added.\n<\/p>\n
\n Trump signed an executive order Thursday saying the court had \"abused its power\" by issuing an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.\n<\/p>\n
\n The ICC said the move sought to \"harm its independent and impartial judicial work\".<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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