Russia accused of ‘deliberate’ starvation tactics in Mariupol in submission to ICC

Lawyers say strategy of denying food and services to people in Ukrainian city during siege could amount to war crime

Russia engaged in a deliberate pattern" of starvation tactics during the 85-day siege of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol in early 2022, which amounted to a war crime, according to a fresh analysis submitted to the international criminal court.

The conclusion is at the heart of a dossier in the process of being submitted to the ICC in The Hague by the lawyers Global Rights Compliance, working in conjunction with the Ukrainian government. It argues that Russia and its leaders intended to kill and harm large numbers of civilians.