'They will be afraid': Former Russian president threatens missile attack on ICC

20 March 2023

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin, alleging that he has committed war crimes in Ukraine. Putin, in response, has maintained that he doesn't consider either the warrant or the ICC itself legitimate.

On Monday, March 20, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, according to Newsweek's Isabel Van Brugen, implied that Putin could retaliate against the Netherlands/Hague-based ICC by attacking it with a hypersonic missile. Medvedev, now a deputy of the Russian Security Council, made the warning on his Telegram channel.

Medvedev, Van Brugen reports, said, "The ICC judges got excited in vain. Look, they say, we are brave, we did not c*** ourselves to raise a hand against the largest nuclear power. Alas, gentlemen, everyone walks under God and rockets. It is quite possible to imagine the targeted use of a hypersonic 'Onyx' from the North Sea from a Russian ship at the Hague courthouse."

The former Russian president went on to describe the ICC as "just a miserable international organization," adding, "They will be afraid. And no one will feel sorry for them. So, citizens of the judge, look carefully into the sky."

Russian forces, on orders from Putin, launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. Since then, President Joe Biden and the United States' European allies in the North American Treaty Organization (NATO) have expressed their support of Ukraine with economic sanctions against Russia. During a recent surprise visit to Kyiv, Biden met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, expressed his solidarity with Ukraine and promised to offer the country additional military support.

Newsweek's full report is available at this link.

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