Kakhovka HPP explosion: The Hague court should issue another arrest warrant for Putin - MP Nalyvaichenko

Valentyn Nalyvaichenko, lawmaker and former head of Ukraine's Security Service, said this on Espreso TV.

“This is another warrant for Putin and other military leaders involved in this terrorist attack, for blowing up the dam (Kakhovka hydroelectric power station - ed.), for using weapons of mass destruction by flooding civilian areas of our country and causing huge environmental and human damage. That is why international law qualifies the blowing up of dams as the use of weapons of mass destruction. Punishment is inevitable, and the warrant is issued for life,” he emphasized.

Valentyn Nalyvaichenko noted that the decision of the Hague tribunal is also important for the wider confiscation of Russian assets around the world.

• On June 6, occupying Russian forces blew up the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant, completely destroying it. As a result of the tragedy, settlements in the Kherson and Mykolaiv regions were flooded. The detailed course of events can be found here.

• On June 14, the European Parliament recognized the bombing of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant as a war crime.