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The EU launches membership talks with Ukraine and Moldova. The International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Russia\u2019s Sergei Shoigu and Valery Gerasimov for alleged crimes committed during Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine strikes a drone warehouse and training ground in Russia\u2019s Krasnodar region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ukraine begins EU accession talks<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The European Union launched membership talks with Ukraine on Tuesday. The decision was formally announced at the first EU-Ukraine intergovernmental conference in Luxembourg. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cToday is a historic day when we move to actual, real negotiations with the European Union regarding Ukraine\u2019s membership,\u201d Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi said in a statement on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOn February 28, 2022, just a few days after the full-scale invasion began, we signed an application for membership. Almost two years ago, in June 2022, we attained the candidate status, and last December we secured a political decision on negotiations,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the conference on Tuesday, the EU will present Ukraine and Moldova with a negotiating framework of reforms and legislation they need to adopt before being deemed ready to join. Later on Tuesday the bloc will also start accession talks with Moldova.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ICC issues arrest warrants for Shoigu and Gerasimov for alleged war crimes committed during Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Sergei Shoigu, the former Russian defense minister, and Russia\u2019s chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov on Tuesday on the charges of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity. These alleged crimes are connected to Russian strikes against Ukrainian critical infrastructure from October 2022 and March 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shoigu and Gerasimov \u201cat the time of the alleged conduct, are each allegedly responsible for the war crime of directing attacks at civilian objects (article 8(2)(b)(ii) of the Rome Statute) and the war crime of causing excessive incidental harm to civilians or damage to civilian objects (article 8(2)(b)(iv) of the Rome Statute), and the crime against humanity of inhumane acts under article 7(1)(k) of the Rome Statute,\u201d the court\u2019s statement reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPre-Trial Chamber II considered that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the two suspects bear responsibility for missile strikes carried out by the Russian armed forces against the Ukrainian electric infrastructure from at least 10 October 2022 until at least 9 March 2023.\u201d During this time-frame, a large number of strikes against numerous electric power plants and sub-stations were carried out by the Russian armed forces in multiple locations in Ukraine, ICC said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pre-Trial Chamber II also determined that the alleged campaign of strikes \u201cconstitutes a course of conduct involving the multiple commission of acts against a civilian population, carried out pursuant to a State policy, within the meaning of article 7 of the Statute.\u201d The chamber also found that \u201cthere are reasonable grounds to believe that the alleged strikes were directed against civilian objects, and for those installations that may have qualified as military objectives at the relevant time, the expected incidental civilian harm and damage would have been clearly excessive to the anticipated military advantage.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTherefore, there are reasonable grounds to believe that the suspects intentionally caused great suffering or serious injury to body or to mental or physical health, thus bearing criminal responsibility for the crime against humanity of other inhumane acts, as defined in article 7(1)(k) of the Rome Statute,\u201d ICC said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ukraine strikes drone warehouse, training ground in Russia\u2019s Krasnodar region<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Late on Monday, the Ukrainian Navy confirmed an operation to strike a drone base in the town of Yeysk, in Russia\u2019s Krasnodar region, that took place on Friday, June 21. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a post to Telegram, Navy officials said the operation was conducted in partnership with the Ukrainian Security Service. The strike hit military facilities at the 726th<\/sup> air defense training ground belonging to the military base no.33859 in Yeysk, Krasnodar region. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cService members are trained to use different types of drones at the facility,\u201d the Ukrainian Navy said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The strike took out 120 drones of different kinds, including 20 Shahed-136\/Geran-2 drones, 50 Lancet attack drones, 40 Zala reconnaissance drones, and 10 SuperCam reconnaissance drones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The attack also caused casualties among the drone instructors and maintenance crews redeployed there from the Yelabuga drone factory. Russia has been systematically using the site in Yeysk to launch drones at Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cInstead of fighting off the arrows that are already flying, you take out the archer. It\u2019s always more efficient. It\u2019s the ideal tactics \u2014 to destroy [the weapons] before the enemy uses them,\u201d spokesperson for the Ukrainian Navy, Captain Dmytro Pletenchuk said on television, commenting on the operation. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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