Mass media: the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania appealed to the ISS due to the attacks of the Russian Federation on the energy sector of Ukraine

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Kyastutis Budris addressed a letter to the prosecutors of the International Criminal Court, in which he urged them to issue new warrants for the arrest of officials of the Russian Federation in connection with the destruction of the energy infrastructure of Ukraine.

As reported by the country’s public broadcaster LRT, the head of Lithuanian diplomacy is asking to issue new arrest warrants for Russian officials responsible for these attacks, as well as to add new international crimes and the crime of genocide to the already issued arrest warrants.

“These systematic attacks, which are clearly aimed at leaving the Ukrainian population without electricity, heating and water in the middle of winter, cannot be qualified otherwise than as a deliberate attempt to physically destroy Ukrainians as a group,” Budris’ letter reads.

The International Criminal Court has not yet responded publicly to this appeal.

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Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion in February 2022, Russia has been striking Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. Since the beginning of the fall of 2025, Russian forces have intensified their attacks on the Ukrainian energy industry.

After the last massive attacks by the Russian Federation, the energy system of Ukraine is under a state of emergency, the most difficult situation is in Kyiv and the Kyiv region. The mayor of the city, Vitaliy Klitschko, reported that as of January 30, 378 high-rise buildings were still without heat – out of almost six thousand, in which heating disappeared as a result of the Russian attack on the capital’s critical infrastructure on January 24.

According to the city authorities, most of these houses were twice restored or tried to restore heating after the previous mass shelling on January 9 and 20.

The Security Service of Ukraine qualifies Russia’s strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure as crimes against humanity. The SBU previously noted that since the beginning of this year’s heating season, it has documented at least 256 air attacks by the Russian Federation on energy facilities and heat supply systems of Ukraine.