The court said missile attacks covered in the warrant allegedly targeted civilian objects.
ICC seeks arrest of Russian officials over attacks on Ukrainian civilian targets
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Russian military bloggers said the assault could mark the start of a Russian attempt to carve out a “buffer zone” that President Vladimir Putin vowed to create earlier this year to halt frequent Ukrainian attacks on Belgorod and other Russian border regions.
A renewed Russian offensive on Kharkiv in northeast Ukraine forces some 1,700 civilians to flee
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