Materials regarding Russia's attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure sent to ICC – Prosecutor General

Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko has sent materials to the International Criminal Court (ICC) regarding Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, stating that such actions by the enemy bear the hallmarks of a crime against humanity.

"I sent an information message to the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court regarding Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s energy facilities during the period from July 2025 to February 2026," Kravchenko reported on his Telegram channel on Wednesday.

He noted that the document was prepared by the Office of the Prosecutor General jointly with the Main Investigative Department of the Security Service of Ukraine and the Interdepartmental Working Group of Military Specialists in accordance with Article 15 of the Rome Statute of the ICC.

"During this year’s heating season, strikes organized by the highest military-political leadership of Russia were aimed at all types of energy facilities in most regions of Ukraine," the Prosecutor General emphasized.

He pointed out that the attacks were carried out in the form of prolonged, massive combined strikes using ground, air, and sea-based weapons, and their intensity exceeds the combined previous periods of massive attacks from October 2022 to March 2023 and from March 2024 to March 2025.

"The entire technological chain of the energy system has been affected, from generation to main transmission and distribution. Damage was sustained by thermal power plants, hydroelectric power plants, combined heat and power plants, and distribution networks. The cumulative effect of the shelling, taking into account weather conditions, made this campaign more systemic and destructive than previous ones. The consequences were felt by almost every resident of Ukraine," the Prosecutor General stressed.

He noted that as a result of missile attacks on energy facilities during the specified period, 11 civilians were killed and 68 were injured.

At the same time, Kravchenko drew attention to the fact that these attacks provided no military advantage and could not have done so. "Their goal is to terrorize the population and create uninhabitable conditions. We view the enemy attacks as a widespread and systematic assault that bears the hallmarks of crimes against humanity," the Prosecutor General clarified.

He explained that the Office of the Prosecutor of the ICC has been informed about the chronology of the attacks, their consequences, potentially involved units of the Russian Armed Forces, and representatives of the military-political leadership of Russia who could have issued the orders.

"The message was sent to consider the possibility of expanding charges against Russian officials who are already in the focus of the ICC Prosecutor’s Office investigation, as well as to identify other persons involved in crimes falling under the jurisdiction of the ICC," the Prosecutor General informed.

According to Kravchenko, the work of collecting and systematizing evidence continues. "It can be provided at the request of the Office of the Prosecutor of the ICC in the manner determined by the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine and the Rome Statute of the ICC," he added.

The Ukrainian Prosecutor General expressed gratitude to the Office of the Prosecutor of the ICC for its consistent position on bringing those guilty of international crimes to justice.

"We look forward to further effective cooperation to ensure the inevitability of punishment," he concluded.