be emptythe international criminal court has a better chance than ukraine of extraditing or capturing chaiko one day it is currently the only international forum that can hold leaders criminally responsible for wartime atrocities but it is not a simple taskthe icc doesnt have jurisdiction over russians for the broad crime of aggression because russia like the us never agreed to give it authority to do so instead prosecutors must link commanders with specific crimesthat makes it hard to build cases against leaders like chaiko and vladimir putina growing number of people are calling for the creation of a special tribunal for the crime of aggression in ukraine similar to those set up for conflicts in rwanda and the former yugoslavia to address this gap in international law they say it would be the best way to make putin paythe crime of aggression is called the mother of all crimes ukraines foreign minister dmytro kuleba told the ap and frontline you dont have war crimes if you dont have the crime of aggression so the best way to prosecute personally president putin is to have a special ad hoc tribunal for the crime of aggressionits not clear whether kuleba and his allies will succeed they face political opposition from powerful nations who dont want to see their own leaders in the dock and from the chief prosecutor of the icc karim khan who said his court can handle prosecutions on its ownwe have clear jurisdiction he said in an interview in july victims dont have much tolerance in my view for vanity projects or distractionsthe kremlin did not respond to aps requests for commentbut there is no sign moscow has sanctioned chaiko for the very public atrocities committed on his watch instead putin praised chaiko for his actions in syria awarding him the title hero of russia in 2020 and promoting him to colonel general in june 2021cadman the international human rights lawyer in london watched with dismay as russian atrocities in syria under the leadership of some of the same men including chaiko went unansweredif we do not act decisively now he said it will not end in ukraine