Chief prosecutor Karim Khan QC, the first Briton to lead the ICC in the Hague, said there were reasonable grounds to believe war crimes had been committed by Russian troops.
Karina Yershova, 23, was allegedly raped, shot in the back of the head and dumped by Russian soldiers in a backyard in the town of Bucha, where more than 400 bodies have been found.
Karina Yershova, 16, was found shot in the back of the head after she was allegedly raped and murdered by Russian troops before being dumped in a backyard in Bucha outside Kyiv.