Sergey Ivanovich Kobylash (russian: Сергей Иванович Кобылаш; born 1 April 1965) is a Russian military officer who serves as a lieutenant general and commander of the Long-Range Aviation branch of the

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For several years, including the period from July 2019 to March 2023, Kobylash was commander of the Long-Range Aviation branch of the

. On 5 March 2024, the International Criminal Court issued an

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for Admiral Viktor Sokolov and Kobylash, as part of its Ukraine investigation, citing his alleged war crimes and

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of directing attacks at civilian objects, causing excessive incidental harm to civilians or damage to civilian objects and inhumane acts during the Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure and electrical grid, all under the Rome Statute. On 10 September 2024 the Ukrainian government accused Kobylash of ordering the attack on the Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital in Kyiv on 8 July. Ukraine’s SBU security service said in a statement that “Lieutenant General Sergei Kobylash held the post of long-range aviation commander for the Russian aerospace forces at the time, and after delivering this strike, was promoted and appointed commander of the Russian aerospace forces.”

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