KYIV, Aug 21 – The Verkhovna Rada has ratified the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Some 281 MPs voted in favor of the relevant bill No. 0285 on ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and amendments to it at the plenary session of the Verkhovna Rada on Wednesday, member of the European Solidarity faction Oleksiy Honcharenko said on Telegram on Wednesday.

Ukraine has ratified the Rome Statute with statements on the procedure for relations with the ICC and, for seven years after the entry into force of the Rome Statute, "it does not recognize the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court against its citizens for crimes provided for in Article 8 of the Rome Statute" (war crimes).